Confusion rocked Kwadon community in Gombe State on Tuesday as COVID-19 patients at an isolation centre in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area stormed a federal highway to protest poor treatment.
According to PREMIUM TIMES, about 20 patients forced their way out of the facility and took over the federal highway linking Gombe State with biuneigbouring Borno State.
The patients decried poor treatment noting that their conditions had worsened and they prefer to get outside for self-medication and proper care.
“We in the community have been in serious shock knowing how dangerous this disease is.”
“Government should do the needful before it gets out of hand because the patients we saw today are really angry and we don’t know what could happen next.
“They were chanting that the state government lied against their status while some were saying they were fine. This is serious,” a witness said.
However, the Commissioner of Information and Culture, Alhassan Ibrahim Kwami, said the patients protested because they “misunderstood” their coronavirus status.
According to him, the patients at the Isolation centre were asymptomatic, so there was no need to give them any drug.
He stated, “that they are asymptomatic and there is no way anybody can be giving drug without showing any symptoms”.
The patients protested because one of the patients has an ailment which they were not comfortable sharing a bathroom with.
Mr. Kwami urged the patients to be calm, assuring them that the task force would address their grievances in the best way possible.
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