Coronavirus: Italian Patient’s Escape Bid From Yaba Hospital Stopped

It has been reported that the 44-year old Italian Coronavirus index patient in Nigeria had tried to escape from the isolation unit he is being kept on account of alleged poor facilities.

Saturday Punch reports that the yet unnamed Italian made an attempt to flee the quarantine inside the Mainland Hospital, Yaba but was apparently held back.

The patient reportedly complained  of excessive heat and mosquitoes.

As The Punch reported: “The patient wanted to run away yesterday (Thursday). The Italian man, who seems to be an engineer, was very angry that the room where he was kept was very hot.

“There is nothing there (inside the isolation ward) aside from bed and hospital locker. He almost ran away and is still threatening to do that.”

The source said the level of preparedness in Lagos State for infectious diseases such as coronavirus and Lassa fever “is zero.”

The source alleged, “The only thing demarcating the room from other rooms in the ward is a red and white barricade tape. That is where the Italian man that tested positive to coronavirus is kept.

“There is no single equipment inside that place. It is just like any other regular hospital room with a bed. That building you see that is being repainted is the original place meant to quarantine coronavirus patients.

“As you can see, the place is not ready. The state government is just renovating it, despite the fact that the virus started spreading since December 2019. It is really sad that a country like Nigeria is never ready to medically contain infectious disease outbreak.

“This is why most health workers leave, because they are predisposed to danger of infection.”

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