Olalekan Adetayo, Tunde Ajaja, Daud Olatunji, Wale Oyewale, Daniels Igoni, Bola Bamigbola, Olaide Oyelude, John CharlesFollowing the shortage of bedspaces for COVID-19 patients at isolation centres in
the country, no fewer than 939 patients are undergoing home treatment in six states across the country, findings byThe Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 at its briefing on June 11 said 80 per cent of COVID-19 patients were being managed outside isolation centres due to the shortage of bed spaces in the isolation centres. It noted that government was considering home treatment for some patients, especially cases that could be managed outside the centres.
In a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday, Ladipo said, “We have those on home treatment and we are regularly contacting them. They are doing fine by responding to treatment and we discharged 91 patients on Saturday. We are still looking at about 400 that are still left under home isolation.
Giving reasons for the adoption of the home treatment option, Stow said, “We have a total of 60-bed isolation in the state. So, during the screening process, only the moderate and severe cases were sent to the isolation facilities.”In Osun State, 37 patients are said to be receiving treatment at home. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, toldthat, “37 patients are in self-isolation while others are being managed at our isolation centres.
Also, in Akwa Ibom State, the state epidemiologist, Dr Ntiense Umoette, confirmed to one of our correspondents that the state had some patients undergoing home treatment, but she could not ascertain the number.In Lagos State, the government said it would soon start home treatment, noting that it would construct oxygenation centres in each of the 10 local government areas with the highest cases of the virus.
The NCDC, in a document tagged “Interim guidelines for home care of confirmed COVID-19 cases” published on Saturday, said those who test positive for the virus could be treated outside isolation centres.
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