Some doctors and nurses at the University of Maiduguri
Teaching Hospital in Borno state are currently under quarantine.
This is as a result of the death of one Babangida Buba, a retired nurse who
reportedly passed on after displaying symptoms of COVID-19.
The deceased, who joined a humanitarian organisation after
retirement, was said to have been admitted to the hospital two days ago.
A nurse, who did not disclose her identity, said she and
some of her colleagues had raised the alarm that the late health worker should
be moved to the intensive care unit of the hospital but they were ignored.
“He died Friday morning in our hands this morning. We are
the once that dressed his corpse… we were all quarantined after we returned
from our homes early this morning. They said they must conduct test on all of
us before we go home,” she said in an audio obtained by TheCable.
Another health worker said not all measures were put in
place while attending to the patient, adding that there could be crisis if the
result of the test is COVID-19 positive.
The health worker said it is possible that those on duty
when the deceased was admitted were not at alert because he had been managed at
the hospital before.
“The late nurse had a case of pneumonia and he had been
admitted to the hospital before. I guess that was why they were not on high
alert; they felt he had not travelled out of the country recently and he might
have not contacted an infected persons, since he was brought in from a rural
area, ” the health worker said.
He added that the result of the test would clear all doubts
on the nature of the death of Buba. There are reports that one of the sons of
Buba is currently displaying symptoms of COVID-19. TheCable could not
independently verify this at the time this report was filed.
Umar Kadafur, deputy governor of Borno, said it is too early
to state the cause of the death of the late health worker.
“You are supposed to run a test and their is a lot of
process involved. So, if you are not a member of the COVID-19 team, you cannot
preempt a result without official confirmation,” he told reporters earlier on
Friday.
“What we are saying now is that we have a patient who has
passed away and that patient has been tested but the result sent to NCDC for
official confirmation. It is the Nigeria Center for Disease Control that has
been mandated to make a statement on that. But as a committee, we are working
and reviewing things. So for now, I can assure you that if there is anything
from the NCDC, we will make it public.”
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