Health Workers held hostage by Coronavirus Patients in Kano

In a new report, two doctors and a nurse were reportedly held Hostage yesterday May 7, by Coronavirus patients at Kwanar Dawakin isolation centre in Kano.

The former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in Kano, Prof. Aminu Mohammed confirmed the incident in an interview with Wazobia FM’s “make una wake up show” earlier this morning.

According to Prof. Mohammed, the fully kitted health workers were on a ward round when they were locked in by the Coronavirus patients for hours.

Mohammed revealed that the doctors were almost suffocating before they managed to break down the door and forced their way out of the ward.

One of the patients who confirmed the incident stated that they were protesting against the delayed testing and confirmation of their status within the stipulated 7 days period of being on drugs.

He, however, insisted that the health workers did not break down the door, but were allowed to go following the intervention of the leader of the health workers at the centre.