The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that it will not 24 Coronavirus patients have been discharged so far from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Lagos. Speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 in Abuja on Friday April 3, Ehanire said
“The drug or drugs being used are matters of interest to doctors who As I said earlier, the treatment centres in Lagos are using certain “It is not for you to go and purchase and treat yourself. So, I won’t
be appropriate to reveal the drugs being used to treat Coronavirus
patients in Nigeria as this will encourage some Nigerians to resort to
self-treatment and possible overdose.
are providing treatment. Doctors advise each other on which drugs they
used and I believe as time goes on, they will compile a report on what
worked and what didn’t work.
drugs for clinical trial and they will be able to add from their
experience to the body of knowledge and what worked and what didn’t
work. You may have also read that some people suffered from chloroquine
poisoning in Lagos because they thought this was the best way to treat
themselves.
advise anyone looking for the name of the drug when you are not even
sure you have that sickness.” Ehanire said
Why I cannot reveal the drugs being used to treat Coronavirus patients- Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire
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