Doctors report that incidents of extortion, beatings and arbitrary detention have rocketed
A traveller sanitises his hands in Lagos, Nigeria, July 1 2020. Picture: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP
The experience left her with a lingering headache and raging anger at the conditions Nigerian physicians face as they work overtime to contain the coronavirus pandemic. “The issue of assault has been going on for a while but escalated during the Covid-19 period,” said Bilqis Muhammad, the association’s secretary-general. “This is not the most unjust thing to happen to people who are trying to save lives in a weakened health system, it’s also harming our Covid surveillance and response across the nation.”
Nigerian medical practitioners already face the hazards of dealing with the virus that has infected at least 210 doctors and killed 10. Almost 900 doctors complained they didn’t have adequate personal protective equipment. Information minister Lai Mohammed and Nigeria Police Force spokesperson Frank Uba didn’t answer several calls requesting comment. Mohammed’s spokesperson said he couldn’t comment on the issue of harassment because he doesn’t know if it’s still happening.
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