Six private hospitals in Lagos State have shut down
operations after some workers were exposed to COVID-19.
The State government on Monday decontaminated the hospitals
and placed them under lock for two weeks, Daily Trust reports.
The hospitals include: St Nicholas, Lagos Island branch;
First Cardiology Consultants Hospital, Ikoyi (where Abba Kyari died. St Edwards
Hospital, Ajah, Vedic Lifecare Hospital, Lekki; County Hospital, Ogba and
Premier Specialist Hospital, Victoria Island.
Prof Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health had
revealed that Kyari died from complications of COVID-19 at First Cardiology
Consultants in Lagos State which is listed among the hospitals above.
One of the hospitals, Vevic Lifecare Hospital in Lekki, in a
statement announced that the management suspended operations for approximately
ten days.
It said the decision became necessary after a COVID-19
patient was inadvertently admitted at the facility and two hospital staff
members contracted the deadly virus.
The staff and family members who visited the hospital or had
been in contact with anyone who visited any of the above-listed hospitals were
advised to self-isolate and call the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The Clinical
Director of St Nicholas, Dr Ebun Bamgboye, in a statement made available to the public on
Monday confirmed that the hospital has suspended activities for two weeks.
Bamgboye added that patients will henceforth be attended to
through telemedicine.
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