• Nigeria with 6,994 bed-spaces as of Friday, battling with 8,065 active casesThere are strong indications that a major crisis is looming in Nigeria’s battle against coronavirus as COVID-19 cases are
rising compared to bed-spaces available for patients that are being treated for the disease.
However, the Federal Ministry of Health, in response to The PUNCH’s enquiries on Friday, said only few states such as Lagos and Kano were battling with a shortage of bed-spaces. In her response, Adebiyi admitted that states such as Lagos with 5,729 cases and Kano, with 997 cases were battling with a shortage of bed-spaces.The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu had, at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on April 30, said the Federal Government was considering home treatment for COVID-19 patients because of a shortage of bed-spaces.
The director stated, “There are currently 7,522 active cases in the country with 6,994 beds nationwide but states are continuing to make concerted efforts at expansion.“The shortage of bed-spaces is occurring in only a few states such as Lagos and Kano where efforts are ongoing for expansion of bed-spaces, while some such as the FCT and Ogun State have low bed occupancy rates due to fewer numbers of confirmed or active cases.
“The state should also make available health care workers to monitor the patients’ treatment at home. Meanwhile, the Federal Ministry of Health and her agencies including National Primary Healthcare Development Agency and the NCDC as well as relevant development partners are exploring various available options for expansion of supervised isolation.
The Oyo State Government also said it had so far taken a full financial responsibility of the cost of testing and treatment for all reported 365 COVID-19 cases in the state. The Coordinator, Kano State Task Force Committee on COVID-19, Dr Tijjani Husain, stated this in a telephone interview with The PUNCH in Kano on Sunday.
The state Commissioner of Health, Dr Dominic Ukpong on Sunday disclosed that the state spent N50,000 and above on each test conducted for COVID-19 patient outside the state. The President of the NMA, Prof Innocent Ujah, made the call in Jos, in an interview with one of our correspondents.
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