Private health care providers and the Guild of Medical Directors have expressed dissatisfaction with the decision of the Federal Government not to allow private hospitals without accreditation treat p
ersons who test positive for the novel coronavirus disease.
Ehanire stated, “There is none that I know that has been accredited. If you as a private hospital want to run a treatment centre for coronavirus, you have to show first of all that you have the staff; a doctor who must be an infectious disease specialist and nurses and even cleaners who are trained in infection prevention protocol.
The National President, AGPMPN, Dr Ugwu Odo, questioned why private hospitals needed to apply for accreditation before being allowed to treat COVID-19 patients. “It’s not done. The doctor has to be the doctor he’s trained to be. He has to show compassion; the National Health Act which they are part of in putting in place recognises that doctors have to care, provide that initial emergency care, stabilise their patients before they make referral.
“The data we raise speak for Nigeria as one, the success we record as a sector is seen as one anywhere in the world. This is not the time to divide the house, it’s a time to heal every wound and act in unity.” “One of the things we told the minister was that the private hospitals are always in the frontline of attack by these patients. They will come to the private hospitals without knowing they have COVID-19 before we start treating them.
The health workers were made to self-isolate following the death of a suspected COVID-19 patient who allegedly was admitted at the Accident and Emergency ward of the hospital without disclosing that he was a suspected carrier of the virus.Fake test kits, inferior drugs, low-grade PPEs make winning COVID-19 war difficult —Report
He added, “They didn’t have contact with the suspected coronavirus victim but they were exposed to the deceased for one or two days. None of them has shown symptoms of COVID-19.” He said, “We have quite a number of doctors in Lagos now that are under self-isolation because patients present themselves in the hospital denying their status and they expose our colleagues.
“These set of people will require immediate activation of their insurance policy. Also, about 25 nurses are on self-quarantine after being exposed to cases of COVID-19. This is telling on the already strained manpower at various health facilities, making the work overwhelming for nurses. “But we must clarify this so that doctors will not be rejecting all patients. We are here to save lives and that is our job and we must do our best to save lives. If accident victims are brought and they do not show any symptoms of COVID-19, we advise doctor to treat such patients. They should attend to any patient that does not show any symptoms of coronavirus but they still have to wear gloves, face masks and other protective equipment.
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