The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has revealed that three doctors have tested positive for the COVID-19 in Nasarawa State.
This was disclosed through a statement by NMA Chairman, Dr Bulus Umaru,
According to him, “three gynaecologists and two auxiliary staff have contracted the coronavirus in the course of their work of dealing with patients.
“The doctors are now on admission at an isolation centre at the Federal Medical Centre and are responding to treatment.”
He told the NMA members and other health workers to carry out personal and environmental hygiene and guard against contracting the disease.
The NMA Chairman also rendered some advice to health workers in the state to be properly kitted with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) whenever on duty attending to patients.
“You may not know which patients have the virus, hence the need for proper protection to avoid being infected,” he said.
He also pleaded with the Nasarawa State Government to pay hazard allowances to health workers battling the Coronavirus pandemic to ensure industrial harmony at this critical time.
Umaru urged the state government to also introduce insurance schemes for health workers.
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