Two doctors and a
nurse were reportedly held Hostage yesterday May 7, by Coronavirus patients at
Kwanar Dawakin isolation center in Kano.
Former Chairman of
Nigerian Medical Association in Kano, Prof. Aminu Mohammed confirmed the
incident in an interview with Wazobia FM's "make una wake up show"
this morning.
He said the fully
kitted health workers were on a ward round when they were locked in by the
Coronavirus patients for hours. Mohammed said the doctors were almost
suffocating before they managed to break down the door and forced their way out
of the ward.
One of the patients
who confirmed the incident, said they were protesting against the delayed
testing and confirmation of their status within the stipulated 7 days period of
being on drugs. He however insisted that the health workers did not break down
the door, but were allowed to go following the intervention of the leader of
the health workers at the center.
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