” I am appealing to them not to embark on a strike action to assist the society, but to dialogue on their demands. If three persons test positive in a particular department, what is the justification for closing down other departments that have no single affected personnel.
“Personal Protective Equipments, ( PPE ) have been provided by the hospital, the closure of service delivery by Resident Doctors in the midst of second wave of the pandemic had no rational and scientific basis, therefore unacceptable.” Dr Hassan Ikrima said.
Similarly, last week, Governor Abdullahi Sule disclosed that 50 people tested positive to COVID-19 on Sunday alone in the State.
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No fewer than 15 medical doctors working with the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, Nasarawa State, have tested positive for COVID-19, which is currently in its second wave with a new variant.
Relatedly NCDC yesterday announces 1,585 new cases, total confirmed cases to 99,063. Discharged 79,417; death 1,350. Lagos maintained its top spot with 573, followed by FCT 182, Plateau 162, Gombe 81, Oyo 75, Rivers 68, Sokoto 58, Ondo 55, Ogun 42, Nsarawa 40, Akwa Ibom 36, Edo 31, etc.
This is as the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has urged corporate institutions especially, banks to join efforts with the state government and enforce measures to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus in the state.
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By Linus Oboh
Lafia, Jan. 8, 2021 The Chief Medical Director of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, Dr Ikrama Hassan, has appealed to the Association of Residents Doctors to have a rethink over its plan to downscale service.
This he said had become necessary as the second wave of COVID -19 rages.
Dr Hassan was reacting to the doctors’ plans to downscale services in all the departments of the hospital due to rising rate of COVID-19 infection among health workers.
He dismissed the allegation by the association that 35 doctors tested positive for COVID – 19 as untrue.
According to Hassan, only 15 doctors out of 139 doctors currently on ground in the hospital tested positive to the virus.