The management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Mentor Health Center (OOUTH) has validated that 8 of its lab workers have actually tested favorable for COVID-19
Chief Medical Director of the teaching healthcare facility, Dr Peter Adefuye, who confirmed this, denied reports that 20 workers had actually tested favorable for the virus.
Dr Adefuye blamed initial reports on people set on denting the image of today administration in Ogun State and the efforts of the healthcare facility to manage the pandemic.
More than eight of the laboratory employees had willingly had the test but just 8 tested positive for the virus.
All those who tested favorable are asymptomatic and they have actually been asked to self-isolate in line with the World Health Organisation and Nigeria Centre for Illness Control guidelines, according to Dr Adefuye.
” It is no news that doctors, nurses or any kind of health authorities have evaluated favorable across the nation and worldwide respectively, but playing cards with human health in this respect is uncalled for,” he said
Adefuye applauded the state federal government for its dedication to the battle against COVID-19, including that had been making Individual Protective Equipment (PPE) and all necessary things readily available to the healthcare facility without leaving any stone unturned.
Although there continue to be concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and security, Dr Adefue ruled out the possibility of the medical facility shutting down on account of the pandemic.
” Soldiers can not for the sake of war refuse to go to battle. The exact same is applicable to health workers. This is the reason we are called heroes as life savers,” he stated.
” After all, health workers understand that they do not use anything more than PPE to attend to HIV/AIDS patients. So, why should some people in some quarters use this to embarrass the federal government and management of the medical facility?”
The CMD gotten in touch with the media practitioners and general public to check out just official means to source for information and avoid rumor which, according to him, is capable of sensationalising sensitive concerns in the name of political gains.
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