NCDC IS STRUGGLING FOR BED SPACES IN ISOLATION CENTERS, MIGHT START TREATING PATIENTS AT HOME-DG
The Director-General of Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has said its agency is struggling for bed spaces to treat COVID-19 patients in isolation centers in Lagos, Kano, and Abuja.
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu revealed this while responding to questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja on Thursday, April 30.
“In response to the question about bed spaces, There is no doubt about that, we are struggling in certain places especially in Lagos. To an extent Kano and Abuja too but the biggest challenge right now is in Lagos where bad spaces are really tight,” he said.
Dr. Ihekweazu said there are about 3,500-bed spaces available across the country. “We are going to keep trying to work with them to make more spaces available,” he added.
The DG said the agency is considering a slight change in strategy and might start treating certain patients at home.
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“We might have to change our strategy a little bit and start considering home care in certain circumstances where the person is able to provide a room where a patient can be managed sufficiently and secondly, we are able to support the care by enabling healthcare workers.” the NCDC boss said.
Nigeria currently has a total of 1,728 confirmed coronavirus cases across the country with just 307 recoveries and 51 deaths.
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