The Osun State Government has warned private hospitals to stop attempting to manage COVID-19 cases in their facilities, threatening to shut down any
The state government directed that rapid COVID-19 tests should be incorporated into preliminary medical examinations for patients and quick referrals should be made to designated facilities set up to manage positive cases.
In a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode on Monday, she said that the state government was deeply concerned by emerging tragic outcomes resulting from professional infractions by some medical facilities and lackadaisical attitude of citizens towards the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still very much around and deadlier than what it was in its first and second waves.
“The government hereby warns private hospitals to stop attempting to manage COVID-19 cases in their facilities. Also, rapid COVID-19 tests should be incorporated into preliminary medical examinations for patients, and quick referrals should be made to designated facilities set up to manage COVID-19 cases when tests return positive. Private hospitals who go against this directive shall have their establishments shut and the owners’ operating licenses withdrawn.
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