Details of fatalities in FMC, Lokoja, Kogi state, have been narrated by journalist Fisayo Soyombo, who has accused the state government of concealing information.
According to Soyombo, at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, at least 4 patients died within a week. Shockingly, their samples were not taken while they were alive or posthumously to determine if they had contracted the Coronavirus.
He also highlighted cases where patients showed COVID-19 symptoms but were not tested and were subsequently discharged.
He shared the case of a pregnant woman who returned to Kogi from Lagos and underwent a cesarean section at FMC, Lokoja, on March 22. Despite displaying COVID-19 symptoms, she was not tested and was discharged after the surgery.
He further mentioned incidents from last week, where patients in the O&G ward exhibited respiratory issues, difficulty breathing, and other symptoms, with three of them succumbing to their illnesses.
In his tweet, he mentioned another patient who showed potential COVID-19 symptoms on Sunday but efforts to collect a sample were unsuccessful. By yesterday (May 4), the patient had passed away.
Accusing the Kogi state government of a cover-up, Fisayo suggested they might be concealing Coronavirus cases due to reasons including the unpreparedness of any of the state’s isolation centers for use and the government’s inability to provide financial support to the public as relief, leading them to feign the absence of COVID-19 cases.
He wrote: “Why would the state govt want to hide COVID-19 cases? There may be many reasons but I’m sure of three, so far:
“1. None of the 3 isolation centres — at SDG/FAREC Clinic, the Kogi State Diagnostics Centre & the Maimuna and Usman Yahaya Foundation Hospital — is ready for use.”
Despite Kogi state’s claim of having no Coronavirus cases, Fisayo’s findings raise questions about this assertion.
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