“These further exposes frontline health care professionals to infections particularly COVID-19, in our resource-constrained society.”
NANNM lamented that over 2000 Nigerian health care professionals especially nurses and doctors had tested positive for COVID-19 while about 15 health care professionals lost their lives.
He added that they were being unduly exposed to coronavirus by some patients who hide their medical/travel history as well as non-disclosure of contact with an infected individual when patient and relative present at the health care facilities. He disclosed that five nurses and midwives have lost their lives to the virus, adding that the health care system in the country appears to have been over stretched and on the verge of being overwhelmed.
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