Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has
disclosed that 17 hospitals in the state have been exposed to Coronavirus.
Abayomi said the state Ministry of Health through one of its
agencies Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFEMAA), is
helping the hospitals decontaminate its facilties. Some of the hospitals have
also been told to stop admitting patients until the process is complete.
The Commissioner said;
“They have to go through a process of Infection prevention
and control training of all their staff and if they go through the HEFAMAA
certification, they will receive guidelines on how to manage COVID-19 patients
in the future should the case arise where government will partner with private
sector to manage COVID-19.
“This scenario may present itself if we begin to see very
large numbers of cases on a day-to-day basis and the Lagos state facility may
be overwhelmed.”
Abayomi further revealed that the testing capacity has
increased in the state, with each of the testing facilities testing 200 at a
shift and a total of 1000 test per day.
