General News of Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Source: www.mynigeria.com
The suspected carrier of the novel coronavirus in Enugu has reportedly died.
This was revealed in an open letter to the Governor of Enugu State by the daughter of the 70-year-old woman, who just returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom on March 11th, 2020, after spending 5 months overseas.
The emotional laden letter revealed that her mother passed away exactly four days after she landed in Nigeria on Sunday, March 15th, 2020. According to the daughter whose name cannot be ascertained at press time, the mother returned to the country to see her children.
The letter detailed how inhumane the health workers at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital Colliery Parklane were to her ailing mother, a helpless septuagenarian.
My mother was isolated in a dilapidated environment that seems to have been left uninhabitable over a long period of time. The isolation centre in Enugu is an abandoned old section of the hospital, where the grass and debris were being cleared whilst my mother was there.
— utchay???? (@UcheNgwu7) March 17, 2020
Monday 16th March, 2020.
— utchay???? (@UcheNgwu7) March 17, 2020
As declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that this is a global pandemic, one would expect a faster testing time. My mother had to spend 3 days in a dire situation, without adequate health care and unsure of what is happening around her.
My mother died due to the negligence and unpreparedness of the state in putting adequate facilities including staff training in place. The corona virus was detected in December 2019. It is absolutely disappointing that there is no appropriate isolation centre in Enugu State.
— utchay???? (@UcheNgwu7) March 17, 2020
Are We Ready?
— Enugu Metropolitan Network (@The042Network) March 18, 2020
A Thread!
1. The woman that tested negative for #COVID19 in Enugu has reportedly died and according to a message has been credited to her daughter is accusing the staff at the Isolation Center and the government of negligence.
This is the isolation Center. pic.twitter.com/uc3ryjzwaf
Furthermore, shortly after the news of a suspected Covid-19 patient was published, the Enugu state government responded by releasing 20 Million Naira for the management of the state isolation centre.
— utchay???? (@UcheNgwu7) March 17, 2020