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Fears are mounting among residents of Lagos’ most populated Local Government (Alimosho) over the death of 38-years-old woman who tested positive for Covid-19.
According to reports, the victim was said to have delivered a baby at Alimosho General Hospital few weeks ago; held a naming ceremony for her child; developed womb infection afterwards and was transferred to Lagos State Teaching Hospital in Ikeja where she was diagnosed with Covid-19.
This new development has heightened fears among Alimosho residents amid the ongoing battle against Covid-19 in Nigeria – Alimosho alone has over 1,288,714 inhabitants, according to the official 2006 Census.
Earlier in the week, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, hinted that the state was tracing 2,293 people who might have had contact with persons tested for COVID-19.
Following the vicitim’s death, LASUTH says it has placed four of its nurses on isolation, after their contact with a patient who died of coronavirus.
Prof. Tokunboh Fabamwo, LASUTH Chief Medical Director, made this known on yesterday in Lagos.
TheNEwsGuru (TNG), had earlier on Saturday reported that the hospital confirmed the death of a patient who tested positive to coronavirus, saying the patient died at its Institute of Maternal and Child Health (Ayinke House), LASUTH.
Fabamwo said: “All the doctors took precautions when attending to the patient.
“When the woman was about to die and was gasping for breath, the nurses rushed to her and tried to do pulmonary resuscitation on her.
“They moved more closely to her. Though they were protected, we felt that because of that closeness, we should isolate them so that they won’t go home and be a risk to their families.”
He said the patient’s corpse had been evacuated with usual protocol, adding that her husband’s blood sample had been taken for COVID-19 test.
The chief medical director added that they were waiting for the deceased husband’s test result.
He disclosed that the hospital would enhance its Triage protocol far from the Emergency Centre, by erecting a tent to screen for temperatures of visitors and patients during visit to the health facility.
Fabamwo said that anyone with high temperatures would be isolated and handed over to officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The deceased patient was said to be suffering from puerperal sepsis and was transferred from the Alimosho General Hospital to the Emergency Unit of LASUTH.
However, the patient died in the course of her treatment.