Reports indicate that two doctors and a nurse were held hostage on May 7 by COVID-19 patients at Kwanar Dawakin isolation center in Kano.
Prof. Aminu Mohammed, the former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in Kano, confirmed the incident during an interview with Wazobia FM’s “make una wake up show” this morning.
According to Mohammed, the fully equipped health workers were conducting a ward round when they were locked in by the COVID-19 patients for several hours. He mentioned that the doctors were on the brink of suffocation before they eventually managed to break down the door and escape from the ward.
One of the patients corroborated the incident, stating that they were protesting against the delayed testing and confirmation of their COVID-19 status within the stipulated 7-day period of being on medication. However, the patient insisted that the health workers were not involved in breaking down the door, but were allowed to leave following the intervention of the leader of the health workers at the center.