UBTH confirms 3 coronavirus cases, 1 death, as 25 doctors go into isolation

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UBTH confirms 3 coronavirus cases, 1 death, as 25 doctors go into isolation

The Management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) says one of the three patients, who was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19, has died.

The Chief Medical Director of UBTH, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Benin.

He said the management and staff of UBTH had been observing standard precautions at all times to prevent the spread of the disease.

Meanwhile, the Association of Residents Doctor (ARD), UBTH chapter, in a statement, said that 25 medical doctors, who had contact with the patients, had gone on mandatory self-isolation.

The association said that 13 of the 25 doctors were house officers, while about 12 were resident doctors.

ARD, however, expressed displeasure with the hospital’s management over what it described as poor handling of Coronavirus in the hospital.

According to the association, many of the health workers have complained of lack of personal protective equipment, like face masks and hand sanitisers.

A medical source, who pleaded anonymity, said that the Coronavirus crisis in the hospital started when three patients, who had earlier tested negative for the virus, were declared positive after further test.