KANO: Commotion As COVID-19 Patients Hold Doctors, Nurse Hostage For 4 Hours

Chaos in one of the isolation centres located at Kwanar Dawaki, Kano state, when some COVID-19 patients held health workers hostage for four hours. 

The former chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Kano branch, Professor Aminu Mohammed confirmed the situation of how the aggrieved patients held two medical doctors and one nurse captive.

He said the health workers were on routine medical ward round check when the incident occurred.

According to him, the health workers, who wore PPE during the routine check were rounded up and locked up in an empty room in the centre, where they were held hostage for four hours.

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He decried the maltreatment of the health workers by the patients, saying they had to break the door of the room open they were kept when the heat became unbearable.

When contacted, the head of Kano Covid-19 technical response team, Dr Tijjani Husaini, said he was not aware of the incident.

One of the patients, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said they were displeased with the way they were been treated.

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