Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force on Monday said part of its success stories in the treatment of patients in the state includes...
Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force on Monday said part of its success stories in the treatment of patients in the state includes the treatment and discharge of a two-year-old and a 95-year-old who earlier tested positive to the novel coronavirus.
The approach, the Task Force said included ensuring that medical personnel at the state’s isolation centres regularly embark on comprehensive assessment of patients, proper management of any underlying ailment and a robust nutrition and exercise regimen. In separate remarks, the State’s Incident Manager and Coordinator, Emergency Operations Centre , Dr. Taiwo Ladipo, and the Coordinator, Oyo State Isolation Centres, Professor Temitope Alonge, also confirms the development.
Speaking on the holistic approach been adopted in the treatment, Prof. Alonge said there are a combination of factors that is helping the health workers and care giver achieve good result. “Again, their nutrition has been very good. They have been on a high protein diet. The environment is conducive. They do exercise. Twice a week, they do aerobics and dance. Health care workers dance across the barrier and the patients are dancing across the other side of the barrier. There is a very good relationship with them. They are very open and they tell us how they feel, because they know we are concerned about every part of their livelihood.
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