Rush for COVID-19 Isolation Centres in Bauchi as Patients Enjoy Chicken, Eggs, Fried Potatoes, Other Sumptuous Meals

The Bauchi State Government said it spends N1,500 per meal for each (COVID-19) patient in its isolation centre.

They are fed three times daily totalling N4,500 per patient.

The meal, according to the head of the committee on contact tracing and Chairman, Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed include chicken, eggs, fried potatoes and other health giving food.

However, the chairman said he has been getting calls from some members of the public who want to be admitted into the isolation Centre despite not testing positive to Corona Virus. Their reason : They want to partake in the food bazaar.

Hear Mohammed: “Recently, three people called me and were asking to be admitted in isolation. One of them was from Giade Council, and because we recently discharged a lot of people from that area, obviously they had given them information on how they were taken care of.

“All these people were pleading with me to come and pick them up and take them to an isolation centre. They said they wanted to enjoy the chicken, eggs, fried potatoes and all the goodies our patients are having while in isolation.”

Mohammed said they were only following the instructions of the Governor Bala Mohammed who directed that all patients in the centers should be given the best treatment including being well fed to facilitate quick recovery.

According to the Chairman ,“It was the state governor that ordered us to put N1,500 per meal. That is, N1,500 meal at breakfast, the same amount for lunch and dinner, because he doesn’t want anybody in isolation to suffer or complain, so that we won’t have any riot like in some states. This brings the total amount of money on meal per day to N4,500 for a patient.”