The Lagos State Government has authorised three private hospitals to manage COVID-19 cases.
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Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, announced this at a press briefing on Saturday.
He said the hospitals had passed a biosecurity compliance test and could manage COVID-19 cases without putting their staff and other patients at risk.
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A biosecurity test is a set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases.
He however said the state Ministry of Health would supervise the process.
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“They have passed the biosecurity compliance test. They have made modifications to their hospitals so that their staff and other patients are not put in danger or exposed to a higher risk of contracting COVID-19,” he said.
“Those private hospitals have passed the test and we are just in the process of issuing them with accreditation certificate so that they can start managing COVID19 patients in the private sector.
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“However, even if they are managing COVID19 in the private sector, it still comes under the supervision of the Lagos State Government Ministry of Health.
“Also, information about every patient managed by the hospitals must be made available to us so that we can record it in our database.
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“COVID-19 remains a public crisis and all public crises are managed and supervised by the Lagos state government and by extension the federal government of Nigeria.”
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Abayomi on Friday had said the state will run out of bed spaces if it continues recording high cases of COVID-19 cases.
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