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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has advised the Federal Government to apply caution in its “premature” decision to ease the Covid-19 lockdown in phases, as from Monday, May 4.
In a statement signed by its President, Dr. Francis Faduyile and Secretary General, Dr. Olumuyiwa Odusote, the group expressed displeasure over the recent prescription of drugs to be used for the treatment of Covid-19 by some politicians.
“The easing of the lockdown even in phases is very premature.
“Nigeria should learn from her neighbour Ghana where the same action produced a 100% increase in infection rate in just a week.
“Instead, the NMA believes that agencies of State should intensify efforts through mass enlightenment campaigns beyond current attempts to explain the dangers inherent in easing the lockdown prematurely in the face of rising infection rates; and also for the palliatives to reach the needy.
“We appreciate the efforts of State and non-State operators on their efforts so far, but urge them to do more.
“The NMA bemoans the rather meddlesome pronouncements by some state actors on the management protocols for COVID-19 in the country.
“In particular, we view the directive by the Bauchi State Governor for the use of a specific drug in the treatment of positive cases as improper and unethical,” the NMA said.
While lamenting the high number of frontline health workers who have so far been infected by the Covid-19, the NMA called on all doctors and health care workers not to let down their guards in adhering strictly to Infection Prevention and Control protocols.
“The Association re-emphasizes that all HCWs should wear the proper PPE before attending to any patient as every patient is a potential COVID-19 patient.
“Furthermore, the NMA notes with dismay the delay in distributing the available PPE to all public and private hospitals to prevent, detect and treat more patients as it ought to, and pray that the burgeoning bureaucracy is not a clog to the wheels of progress in this regard.
“We wish that the “Panel of Experts” recently inaugurated by the Federal Ministry of Health is empowered to immediately commence their work of thinking, analyzing, synthesizing, collating and disseminating the most relevant medical information that informs the best management of our COVID-19 patients,” the group stressed.
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