A man, identified simply as Joel, has lost his life after he was allegedly refused treatment by the Isolo General Hospital in Lagos State over fear of being a COVID-19 patient.

It was gathered that Joel slumped on Sunday while playing football and was rushed to the hospital, but he was allegedly refused treatment on the fear that he might be a COVID-19 patient.

A family friend of the victim, identified simply as Amaka, who narrated the incident on Twitter, alleged that the nurses on duty claimed that they were busy and refused to attend to Joel.

She tweeted, “The medical system failed my family friend today and I’ll never get over it. He was said to be playing football in the field this morning and slumped and stopped breathing, he was immediately rushed to the Isolo general hospital in other to get attended to fast, getting there, they refused to let him in because they said they don’t know if he has Coronavirus!

“His family members kept begging and begging because time was running and he wasn’t getting any better, he was still not breathing…The nurses still insisted on not attending to him, because according to them, they have their plates full. They had to return him to the car and resulted in prayers.

“In tears, his elder sister still went back in and requested to see any doctor on duty, after so much argument a doctor came out, heard the whole story from the nurses on duty and without taking a look at him in the car or bringing him in to check him out, the doctor then certified him dead and asked them to transfer him to the mortuary. His mother collapsed on the spot…This life is so unfair.

“Bro Joel like I will always call him, you will forever be missed, I have known you to be the calmest and humble person ever since I was a toddler, it was so unfair for you to pass on just like this, but God knows best. Keep sleeping on till we meet again.”

When contacted, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Godwin Akhaboa, who stated that the facility was not in the habit of rejecting patients, said the victim was brought in dead.

“There are parameters to look at before certifying a patient dead and no doctor will say a patient is dead without checking those parameters. It’s never done; no nurse or doctor will do that. The patient had a cardiac arrest on a football field and he was brought in dead,” Akhaboa said.

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Wow

So sad.

May his soul Rest In Peace.

Nigeria eats yet another of her sons...

I don't know why, whatever Nigeria copied from white, they always over - do it.
They copied Christianity from white but look at the way they were handling it here in Nigeria.
They copied Islam same story.
Now, they copied coronavirus a lot of Nigerians have lost their due to negligence from health workers and security agents.
What a country!

This is really sad...

I don't know why every other sickness is suspected to be Covid 19,as if we're weren't falling sick before the virus

What happened to CPR in Nigeria??
Couldn't they have started doing CPR while looking for help?
The truth is that someone who has spent a significant length of time not breathing before getting to the hospital is unlikely to be successfully resuscitated in the hospital.
The brain doesn't survive long without oxygen and glucose.
The normal thing every other place in the world, even in market places, is for CPR to be commenced while the remaining people look for ambulance or vehicle, and the procedure continues until those in the hospital successfully take over.
This practice is glaringly absent amongst Nigerians.
You do not bundle collapsed people straight to the hospital, or start praying/pouring them water; you immediately start CPR once you confirm absent breathing movements to save the brain.
Let's not keep blaming governments and institutions, because, we as citizens are equally incompetent and have failed humanity.
The knowledge of CPR is something every human should possess because one doesn't know when it'll be needed, even in our bedrooms.

May his soul rest in peace.