Health workers at Orile-Agege General Hospitals turned back about 40 pregnant women who came to the hospital for pre-natal and ante-natal sessions. According to the hospital workers, they claimed the Ministry of Health asked them to stop attending to patients. This, they said, is as a result of the unavailability of drugs.
Speaking to some of the women amongst those turned down, some of them speculated it could be as a result of the fear of coronavirus infection by the workers. Some others think it could be that they do not have resources to sustain free treatment.
However, earlier Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos had announced free medical services for pregnant women. This is also part of the efforts of the Lagos state government to cushion the effect of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Lagos state authorities have denied being aware of the decision and actions of the Orile-Agege general hospital and also condemned the action.
The Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosha has condemned the actions of those hospital workers. He encouraged anyone who is denied any form of treatment by general hospitals to seek to see the Chief Medical Director of the outfit for proper redress.
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