By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
There may not be any respite soon for coronavirus patients in Kano as medical doctors in the state have vowed not to risk their lives treating the afflicted unless they have full compliment of personal protective equipment.
Chairman of the Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Sunusi Muhammad Bala, who stated this on Tuesday also disclosed that one medical doctor had died while 32 others tested positive for conoravirus in Kthe state since the outbreak of the pandemic..
He said though the association was still collating figures, at least 32 doctors have been infected while on duty and attending to patients with symptoms of coronavirus.
“We have 32 doctors positive and one doctor is dead in Kano. We are still compiling the data but as at now we have 32 and within the last two weeks,” he reiterated.
He however hinted that the body has developed a feedback mechanism system “whereby we access each facility, what we have and we report to the relevant authorities to provide.
“But what we all agreed is that all doctors if they don’t have PPEs, they shouldn’t risk their lives.”
365 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Kano as at the time of filing this report.
