A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Ikeche Emeka, has narrated how he could not tell his mother that he was infected with the coronavirus.
handle, shared a story of how a 66-year-old COVID-19 patient died six hours after admission.According to him, his mother believes that having COVID-19 is a death sentence so it was difficult to inform her until he recovered.
“Before the death of the patient, the House Officer already crossed over to my department for his next posting. Upon the House Officer’s test confirmation, my entire department also got tested. The two-day waiting period for the result of the test was filled with tension.“The results were out, and I tested positive. The only symptom I had was a mild sore throat.
“Many people including my mother thinks it is a death sentence. I knew how my mother and siblings would react to the news, so I told only my father and a few colleagues at work. Eight days after my admission at the centre, I took another test and I was positive. I felt so bad, I didn’t eat that day.”
He said, “After two negative tests, I finally got discharged. I spent 17 days at the isolation centre. It was quite frustrating as I was used to freedom and suddenly got restricted to a defined space.
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