The latest figures from the Nigerian Centers for Disease Control (NCDC) and the recent revelation of the charge of treating a patient with COVID-19 through the Lagos state government mean that the country is spending billions of naira to combat the pandemic.
Figures published on the NCDC’s online page showed that Nigeria has 44,890 cases shown, of which 11,798 are active and 32,165 have been discharged.
Last week, Lagos state said it spent between 100,000 and 1 million naira a day, depending on the severity of the infection, to treat a coronavirus patient in its isolation centers.
If you need at least 100,000 N and no more than 1 million naira to treat a patient daily in the country, and if a patient is admitted on average 10 days in an isolation center before being discharged, the amount spent so far to remedy it can be calculated as 44,890 instances (deaths to income, active and discharged) multiplied by N100,000 / N1,000,000, and vice versa multiplied by 10. The result revealed that the country had spent between N44.9 billion (at least) and 449 billion naira (maximum) for the remedy of all cases.
Some Nigerians have expressed serious considerations about the disclosures of the NCDC report. Some said the amount quoted by the government had to be inflated, while others said treating a coronavirus patient could be more consistent with the day. Most of those who spoke about the factor said the country would not be able to spend if a cure for COVID-19 was not soon discovered.
The survey showed that more than 80% of COVID-19 patients are treated in government hospitals across the country. While some major personal hospitals have repair facilities, others who can afford their facilities and individual cases, according to the guidelines of the government’s physical fitness branch, turn to them.
He identified that the charge of treating a patient with COVID-19 varies from patient to patient, depending on the severity of symptoms, viral load, related conditions, age and other factors.
The Guardian’s research found that, on average, treating a COVID-19 patient with a fan or other life rescue device costs between 104,000 and 130,000 N depending on the day, depending on the severity of the disease.
This means that a 14-day remedy for a patient costs between N1, 456,000 and N1,820,000. Patients are usually discharged after 3 to five consecutive tests prove negative. In some cases, tests will go from 8 to 10 to get a final result.
A swab or liquid test of a suspect patient has been known to cost between 25,000 and 50,000 N. If a user is reviewed or has symptoms of COVID-19, they are only expected to do so in an ambulance. A general-purpose hospital ambulance or ambulance usually takes you to the hospital at the government’s expense.
Once transferred to the isolation room, there are safe specifications for these patients: each room must have a separate bathroom and sometimes no other beds are allowed; If the patient is elderly or suffering multiple complications, a ventilator is required.
The Guardian’s investigation also found that some elderly and under pressure are more likely to want fans and some would possibly be on fans for more than a week.
Some according to the sonal hospitals have a rate of between 130,000 and 260,000 N according to the day for a fan. The charge of a hospital room in the hospital classification, however, the cheapest will charge between N6,000 and N10,000 depending on the day.
At least two hundred kits of non-public protective equipment (PPE) are needed in a COVID-19 hospital with one hundred beds and doctors and nurses will have to replace their kits every 4 hours. If a fitness employee treats a seriously ill user with a large load of viruses, PPE kits should be replaced frequently.
The research revealed that a popular EPI kit charges between 4,000 and 6,000 naira. Drug charges will also vary from user to user. Antibiotics, anti-vitis and other medicines given to the patient charge between N3,000 and N6,000 N depending on the day, in addition to food.
In reaction to the situation, a doctor representing/epidemiologist for public fitness and member of the COVID-19 intervention team of the state of Lapasss, Professor Akin Osibogun, said: “The full ramifications of the virus infection are not yet known. Health personnel who stop in solitary confinement the rooms will have to protect themselves from infection. If you wear Hazmat suits each time you enter to see patients, you should discard them once they are out. There is a protocol to enter and leave the room. The suit generates a lot of heat, the fitness employee cannot sit comfortably in the room inside the suit for an hour. Depending on the number of times and the number of fitness staff entering the service, you can start to see that it is not cheap.
“Please study the position of Hazmat fits in Nigeria. In addition to PPE prices, adding the Hazmat combination, there are other prices such as running turbines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, reimbursement and incentives for frontline workers, medicines, food and aid staff. An epidemic is not what you want, but it’s anything you have to fight vigorously to minimize higher mortality and economic prices. Detecting, isolating and treating is a strategy that you should check to break the disease transmission This helped us keep the curve flat. Otherwise, our health care formula would have been overtaken by an uncontrollable increase. Strategies will replace at other stages of the epidemic, and the government is largely tracking evidence for decision-making.
The Guardian concluded that it costs approximately 58,477.5 N ($129.95) to purchase a disposable Hazmat suit.
The president of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Professor Innocent Ujah, said: “It is difficult to take real responsibility for treating a patient with COVID-19 on a constant basis, but I think it will take up a fortune. payment to all physical care providers (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists and cleaners interested in care), daily patient feeding, procurement of consumables and medicines, as well as payment of electricity and even water.
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