Just in: Lagos Govt claims N1m is Spent Daily On Each COVID-19 Patient
Lagos State Government has said that it spends over N100,000 daily to treat a none serious patient while it costs about N500,000 to N1,000,000 to treat a patient with a serious case of the Coronavirus.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Lagos currently has 13,806 confirmed cases of the deadly virus.
Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, the State’s Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin, stated that the state may experience the peak of Coronavirus by August.
He said, “To treat mild to moderate case patients in our isolation center is somewhere in the region of N100,000 per day.
“That gives you an idea of the amount of money the government is spending on COVID-19 isolation facilities and COVID-19 care.
“If you require high care or intensive care, that amount can go up to anything from N500,000 to even a million naira per day, depending on the complications of the case.
“Do you need ventilation, dialysis, intravenous antibiotics; every case is different, so it is difficult to calculate exactly how much a patient in high care or intensive care would cost”.
Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News
