A doctor and a union leader at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta, have revealed how five Chinese were reportedly driven away by medical wor
A doctor and a union leader at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta, have revealed how five Chinese were reportedly driven away by medical workers at the hospital after reporting a colleague with symptoms similar to COVID-19. The two officials of the medical centre who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the incident happened on Friday evening.
According ThePunch, the account given by both officials of FMC, the five Chinese wore face masks and visited the hospital and went straight to a private ward. The sources said the Chinese worked with a private company that used private ward of the medical centre.
One of the sources stated, “They said they have a colleague at home that sneezes and coughs. They came to make an enquiry on how to bring him to the hospital for treatment. But, because there is no facility they could not take in, they just referred them to Yaba, Lagos, where there is a facility to handle such case.”
One of the sources said that he was told on Monday that the sick Chinese had been taken to Yaba hospital.
The hospital’s Public Relations Officer, Segun Orisajo, says he is yet to be briefed about the incident, adding that FMC Abeokuta was not known for turning patients down when they needed the hospital service.
“In all sincerity, I don’t know anything about that. They said we turned them down we could not attend to them, there is no substance in that.”
