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Man Dies After Being Wrongly Quarantined in Kaduna

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Apr 20, 2020 1:00 PM



The state commissioner for the Ministry of Health Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni. Photo: Twitter/@AMBaloni

The government of Kaduna state says a man has died in one of its isolation centres after being misquarantined for coronavirus.

According to the Guardian Nigeria, when he was abandoned along the Western Bypass in Kaduna State, Tasiu Mohammed, 27, was travelling in a vehicle from another state because other car travellers believed he was positive for Covid-19.

A video that went viral among the locals a few days ago showed a distraught man in a hospital that was identified as COVID-19's suspected carrier. The man later became known as Mohammed.

State Health Commissioner Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni said Mohammed was sick for three weeks prior to his death.

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Given his sickly state, the vehicle he boarded dropped him at the Western Bypass in Kaduna.

“From there he was taken to the primary health centre in Hayin Bankin, where the viral video was recorded by people who thought that he might be a COVID-19 case,

” Mohammed-Baloni said.

Mohammed, however, screened COVID-19 negatively, and was treated for extreme hypertension.

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The patient was evacuated from Hayin Bankin to the isolation centre, where he was assessed by the medical team, tested and his result returned negative for Covid-19.

“He was treated as a case of severe hypertension with acute pulmonary edema.

“Unfortunately, he passed away at the isolation centre.

"His relatives were informed and they gave permission for him to be buried in Kaduna in view of the current restriction on movements,

” Mohammed-Baloni said.

She has called on people to avoid unverified news getting out.

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Covid-19 is a dangerous disease, but its appearance in our state has not abolished other diseases, including the chronic conditions that sadly afflict some of our compatriots.

“The Ministry of Health wishes to remind the general public of the importance of hand-washing, personal hygiene, social distancing and the avoidance of large gatherings in helping to protect us all from Covid-19. It is important to stay home, stay safe and save lives,

” Mohammed-Baloni said.

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Quite sad everything has turn to Corona virus. I wonder whether the results would have been different had the doctors focus be on stabilizing him. Sad Indeed.