Saint Nicholas Hospital suspends services over COVID-19

Saint Nicholas Hospital Monday suspended services at its Lagos Island branch over exposure to COVID-19.

The hospital’s clinical director, Ebun Bamgboye, who disclosed this in a statement, said the suspension would last two weeks.

The director said Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had been contacted on the development.

Bamgboye did not explain the nature of the exposure to COVID-19 but stressed that there are unconfirmed reports that some health workers in the hospital contracted the disease from a patient.

The statement read: “This is to inform you about of the suspension of our services in St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island branch for a period of two weeks.

“This decision is as a result of exposure to COVID -19. We have contacted the NCDC and as at 18th of April 2020, our facility had been decontaminated by the Lagos state government.

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“The safety of all our staff and patients is of paramount importance to us. As such, we are complying with the directive of the HEFAMAA to suspend our services for 2 weeks (Saturday 18th April 2020 — Saturday 2′ May 2020)

“We understand the critical needs of our patients, hence we have introduced our telemedicine services where patients can consult our doctors via video and audio channels by calling.”

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