An Italian man diagnosed with Coronavirus in Lagos, tried to flee from an infectious disease hospital because of the poor conditions. ...
An Italian man diagnosed with Coronavirus in Lagos, tried
to flee from an infectious disease hospital because of the poor conditions.
The Punch newspaper reports that the 44-year-old Italian
man complained bitterly about the excessive heat and mosquitoes in the room
where he is being isolated.
“The patient wanted to run away yesterday (Friday). The
Italian man, who seems to be an engineer, was very angry that the room where he
was kept was very hot. There is nothing there (inside the isolation ward) aside
from bed and hospital locker. He almost ran away and is still threatening to do
that'' a health worker said.
The worker also revealed that the isolation area was a room
in one of the wards, and that it was quickly vacated to accommodate the index
case.
“The only thing demarcating the room from other rooms in
the ward is a red and white barricade tape. That is where the Italian man that
tested positive to Coronavirus is kept. There is no single equipment inside
that place. It is just like any other regular hospital room with a bed. That
building you see that is being repainted is the original place meant to
quarantine Coronavirus patients. As you can see, the place is not ready. The
state government is just renovating it, despite the fact that the virus started
spreading since December 2019. It is really sad that a country like Nigeria is
never ready to medically contain infectious disease outbreak. This is why most
health workers leave because they are predisposed to danger of infection.” the worker
said.
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