Kaduna Spends N400,000 In Treating COVID-19 Patients - el-Rufai

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, disclosed that the state spent N400,000 in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

He disclosed this during his address to the Northern Traditional Rulers Council's National Executive Council headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, in the state.

He said that the state had recorded success in the treatment of coronavirus patients, stating that it also recorded success in the treatment of vulnerable demographics.

The governor said, “We have a very high success rate in treating COVID-19 patients. Even a 90-year-old person with underlying conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, was treated successfully in the state.

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“The virus has not left us. We may ignore it but it is still there. We urge you to sensitise our people to protect themselves against this virus, particularly those that are above the age of 60.

“It costs about N400,000 to treat one COVID-19 patient. They have to be isolated and fed. The cost of medicine has increased, even the personal protective equipment that the doctors treating them have to wear. When you add all these up, the average cost of treatment is over N400,000 per person. We have to bear the cost.”