Startling details of deaths in FMC, Lokoja, Kogi state, after patients exhibited COVID-19 symptoms have been narrated by Journalist Fisayo Soyombo, who accused the state government of engaging in concealment.
It is stated by Soyombo that at least 4 patients have died within one week at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, yet their samples weren’t taken while they were alive or after they died to check if they had Coronavirus.
He added that there have been other patients who exhibited COVID-19 symptoms but were not tested and were later discharged.
He recounted the case of a pregnant woman who recently returned to Kogi from Lagos. She went to FMC, Lokoja, on March 22, for a ceserean section operation and showed symptoms of COVID-19, yet she wasn’t tested and was discharged after her surgery.
He added that last week, there were patients in the O&G ward “who manifested respiratory issues, inability to breathe and other COVID-19 symptoms.” He said three of them ended up dying.
One more patient exhibited potential COVID-19 symptoms on Sunday but moves for sample collection were futile; by yesterday (May 4), the patient was dead, as disclosed by Soyombo.
“I’ve been told there are more suspected cases, but these were the ones I personally tracked,” he added.
Fisayo accused the Kogi state government of concealing critical information and suggested that they might be hiding Coronavirus cases in the state due to several reasons, one being that none of the isolation centres in the state are ready for use. He said the second reason is that the state government doesn’t have money to give to the people as palliatives so they pretend the state is free of COVID-19 cases.
“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 not having any Coronavirus cases, Fisayo’s thread raises doubts about this assertion.
Read the full thread below.
