The alleged death of a 25-year-old man who purportedly died in an isolation center in Ogun State has gotten the attention of the gove...
The alleged death of a 25-year-old man who purportedly died in an isolation center in Ogun State has gotten the attention of the government.
A video of a 25-year-old man who purportedly died in an isolation center in Ogun State has been debunked by the Ogun State Government.
According to Daily Post, a social media user on Monday posted the video, saying he got it from a doctor in an Ogun State isolation center.
In the viral video, the said COVID-19 patient was seen breathing with the aid of an oxygen tank as he battles for his life on the bed.
The originator of the video alleged that the 25-year-old man later died at about 5:30am on Monday.
While condemning the “reckless” act of filming a dying person on a hospital bed, the state government said the video did not emanate from any of its COVID-19 isolation centers.
In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, she said that there was no 25-year-old man admitted into any of the isolation centers in Ogun State.
Coker said the arrangement in the State’s wards was spacious enough to meet with the social distancing regulation stipulated by World Health Organisation (WHO), contrary to the space displayed in what she described as a ‘propaganda video’.
According to her, the “Polaris Bank logo on the cabinet, showing that it was donated by the said bank is a clear sign that the place in question is not an Ogun State isolation center”, adding that no single COVID-19 relief item was donated to Ogun State government by Polaris Bank.
The Health Commissioner spoke further that the inscription on the wall of the background does not tally with any of the numerous encouraging wall inscriptions in Ogun State wards.
Also, she clarified that none of the Ogun State isolation centers is painted in the color shown in the footage.
Condemning the video, Coker said, “it is inappropriate for a hospital environment meant for caring to be turned into such frivolous use.”
The medical practitioner described the action as a “disheartening and futile smear campaign designed to denigrate the steady battle against COVID-19 in Ogun State.”
“It is unfortunate that anyone would take delight in filming a dying patient rather than assist as the footage suggests,” the Commissioner stated.
Watch the video below:
