Groups, Citizens Solution Networks and Young People’s Party (YPP) have decried the status of the isolation centre in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
Speaking shortly after inspecting the facilities at the centre, the State Chairman of Citizens Solution Networks and Chairman of Young People’s Party (YPP), Richard Friday Inoyo and Mr Anthony Bissong Attah respectively, lamented the equipment in the centre.
The duo said “We were at the State isolation centre for onward assessment and the level of preparedness by the state in case the coronavirus catches up with us.”
The two Chairmen said, “What we saw was quite depressing. Only just four beds were in the isolation centre and to a large extent one questionable medical equipment.
“The other six questionable medical equipment that were shared online were nowhere on sight at the isolation centre,” the duo alleged.
The groups said a Medical Consultant who does not want to be named said, “An anaesthetic machine was built to deliver a known amount of anaesthetic gas to a patient while ventilating him.
“Yes, it can ventilate a patient! However, it doesn’t have the luxury of adapting automatically to the patient’s respiratory pattern- which a VENTILATOR can.
“The anaesthetic machine is a ‘ventilator’ with limitations. A REAL VENTILATOR (not these anaesthetic machines government displayed) adapts to different respiratory patterns.
”The function of the one government displayed cannot perform and we urge government to open up and tell the people the truth.
“Citizens Solution Network finds this level of preparedness unacceptable. We should stop playing politics with public health,” the group pleaded.
