BY MARY KUYE
After the reported attempt of the Italian coronavirus patients quarantine at Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba to escape due to heat and mosquitoes, the Lagos government has relocated him.
Akin Abayomi, Lagos Commissioner for Health said the coronavirus patient has been moved to a renovated facility.
The commissioner on Arise television Saturday admitted that the patient had complained, adding he is now comfortable where he is.
His words: “I saw him at about 6 pm Friday. He was explaining his condition and we were taking some new data from him.
“He’s in an isolation room all by himself and we had moved him into a particular room because we were doing a general overhaul of the whole facility. We want to be ready.
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“There were some discomforts in terms of heat, but about 9 pm we moved him over to the renovated facility which has lots of air conditioners, fans and it’s a 28-bed brand new facility,
”And he’s there on his own in the whole ward and as of 6 am this morning I’m told he’s comfortable.
”We started renovations last week and now have the 100-bed capacity. The Lagos State government has been building the capacity since the Ebola outbreak of 2014.
“We’ve been building a biosecurity unit that includes advanced diagnostic capacity. We’ve been building isolation wards which have special airflow dynamics.”
