Report has it that two more doctors have lost their lives in the Federal Capital Territory in the past two weeks as a result of the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said a female doctor with the Gwarimpa General hospital, passed on two weeks ago while a private medical doctor died last week, bringing the total of doctors lost to the virus in the FCT to four since March, this year.
In a statement on Tuesday, by the Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Mr Anthony Ogunleye, titled, ‘FCT hospitals are rendering full services, the FCTA lamented that the virus was still on rampage.
The statement was in reaction to a report credited to the Chairman of the FCT chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Enema Amodu, that FCTA hospitals were currently rendering skeletal services due to the death of 20 medical doctors from COVID-19.
It disclosed that the clinics resumed full services after the Christmas holidays on Tuesday.
While there had been incidences where COVID-19 positive patients had infected some medical personnel, the Administration explained that the personnel and indeed the patients had been treated and discharged and the affected hospital areas fully decontaminated without any adverse effect on the overall functionality of the hospitals.
The FCTA argued that the fatalities had not in any way, adversely affected the quality of services rendered in these hospitals and most certainly not to the point of rendering skeletal services.
The Administration said it has since the beginning of the pandemic been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and remained as committed as ever to the efforts to contain the spread of the disease.
The FCTA stressed that it has continued to place a lot of emphasis on testing and was the first sub-national to reach the testing target of one per cent of its population as recommended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
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