Godwin Akor, Makurdi
Contrary to the insinuation that medical doctors at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi, were protesting against their poor treatment as the hospital becomes isolation center for the Coronavirus, reports from the institution said that it was a management decision that skeletal services should be offered in respect of other ailments so that very senior doctors could attend fully to matters relating to the dreaded disease.
Investigation by The Nigerian Xpress revealed that the medical experts were, however, careful because of the death of one of the medical doctors that allegedly died as a result of contracting another disease, not COVID 19, at one of the big hospitals in Makurdi.
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It was further learnt that there was no conflict between the management of the teaching hospital and the doctors as was speculated in certain quarters.
Efforts to reach the chief medical director or the public relations officer of the hospital did not yield good results as their phones could not be accessed.
The first index of COVID-19 in Benue was isolated at the teaching hospital where there was controversy over the rumor that she did not want to be treated there after testing positive.
The controversy raged until she was transferred to Abuja on request.