Information reaching the NIGERIAN HEALTH BLOG is that 15 medical doctors have reportedly tested positive for COVID19 in Kano and are presently undergoing treatment.
Health care providers believe it is as a result of lack of personal protective equipments since the doctors work without adequate protection against coronavirus hence they are at risk of easily getting infected. According to her, doctors are human too and they need protection while carrying out their statutory duties.
A medical doctor in the frontline of fighting COVID19 in Nigeria, Dr Halima Muhammed is therefore appealing to doctors nationwide to insist on PPEs before touching a patient even it means losing their job.
I5 doctors in Kano test positive to Covid-19. No doctor should see any patient without his/her full PPE please. If the hospital cannot provide you with one,dont see their patients. The worst they can do is sack you,and thats fine because your Family needs you too. You are human!
— Halima Muhammed, MD (@MbHaleemah) April 30, 2020
Health influencer @aprokodoctor is begging the authorities to put in more effort towards the welfare of doctors in their place of work.
15 doctors have been infected with COVID19 in Kano state.
Nigeria has less than 50 thousand active doctors for 200 million people. Over 60% of these doctors are in the cities and towns
Nigeria has to pay attention to protecting the people who treat these patients
— Aproko Doctor™ (@aproko_doctor) April 30, 2020
