Prof. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director of University of Lagos Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has said that it has 30 doctors and 30 nurses ready for coronavirus cases.
According to him, there are other 60 component staff dedicated to the challenge, saying, “It is better for us to rise up to the occasion.
He told newsmen on Tuesday: “With the help and assistance of the minister and Lagos government, we have been able to put together a block of four wards containing 60 beds altogether with enough personal protective equipment and all what we need.”
Bode said that admission would, however, still be done through the pyramid structure and the hospital would be operating under the command of Lagos State government.
“We have a squad of 120 members of staff, all warriors to combat this condition in LUTH.
”They have all been trained and are experts,” the chief medical director said.
Meanwhile, a few hours after the inauguration of a 60-bed isolation centre for Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients, LUTH has admitted four patients with the virus.
Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, the LUTH Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos.
According to him, they are three adults and one child.
“They are part of those already confirmed, but staying at home.
“Now they are under admission.
“They are stable and doing very well,” Adeyemo said.
Recalled that the 60-bed isolation centre for Coronavirus (Covid-19) patients was inaugurated by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 led by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health.
The institution is a prime heath centre renowned for handling major referred cases.
It is one of the facilities many have been looking up to especially in an emergency as the country and world is facing although, like many other health institutions, it has suffered neglect over time.
