Some COVID-19 patients staged a protest at the Federal
Teaching Hospital in Gombe on Tuesday, destroying some equipment in their ward.
The patients, who were under quarantine, were said to have
complained of ill treatment.
A security source disclosed that people stayed away from
the protesting patients to avoid contracting the disease.
“No one could move close to them because of their health
condition but they were very angry and shouted on the top of their voices,” he
said.
After 30 minutes, some officials in the hospital were said
to have pacified them promising them that there would be improvement in their
welfare.
It was gathered that while the protest at the hospital was
ongoing, some COVID-19 patients at Kwadon Isolation Centre in Yamaltu Deba
local government area of Gombe, took to the streets, also lamenting poor
treatment.
They were said to have blocked the Gombe/ Biu road, chanting
anti-government songs. Some of them reportedly went to unknown locations after
the protest while others returned to the centre.
In one of the videos making rounds online, one of the patients was heard
saying he had been abandoned since officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) brought him to the hospital three days ago.
He said he had not been given drugs and was left on his own
alongside some patients admitted to the hospital over COVID-19.
Another said only vitamin C drug had been given to him since
he got to the centre earlier in the week.
The state has 96 COVID-19 cases.
Ahmed Gana, commissioner for health, could not be reached as
of the time of filing this report as he neither answered calls nor replied a
text message.
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