The Kogi State government has been accused of frustrating health officials' effort to test patients who have COVID-19 symptoms in the State. The President of the Association of Resident Doctors, FMC Lokoja, Agwu Nnanna, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, stating that the current situation of things in the State had increased COVID-19 risk
The Kogi State government has been accused of frustrating health officials’ effort to test patients who have COVID-19 symptoms in the State.
He said “Many patients with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 have been seen severally in the hospital but efforts to get them tested were frustrated by the state government authorities. “The doctors are afraid that they are at a high risk of contracting the disease and transmitting the same to their families and other unsuspecting patients.
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