The National Obstetric Fistula Centre (NOFIC), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has dismissed the internal memo of the hospital in which the Head of Clinical Services warned the staff to take caution as COVID-19 was on the prowl again in the hospital.
The National Obstetric Fistula Centre (NOFIC), Abakaliki, is where women leaking urine and faeces are treated.
The hospital provides many other services to the public.
The memo on COVID-19 in the hospital has been causing panic in the centre.
However, the hospital described the memo as untrue and urged the staff, patients, and general public to disregard it.
It said the internal memo cannot be substantiated and is therefore not true.
The hospital stated this in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Nwojiji Rita-Stella, and made available to reporters in Abakaliki.
The statement reads, “This is to further clarify that the information from the purported internal memo emanating from the National Obstetrics Fistula Centre Abakaliki, in which the Head of Clinical Services warned the staff to take caution as COVID-19 was on the prowl again, cannot be substantiated and therefore is not true.
“The general public should be informed that no new COVID-19 case or infection has been detected in our centre.
“No new COVID-19 patient has presented or been diagnosed in our centre for the past year.
“There is no rise in COVID-19 cases in Abakaliki or Ebonyi State in general.
“The information contained in the said internal memo was a product of unverified and unsubstantiated flying news from social media.
“The general public should therefore disregard the memo and its contents.
“It’s only the Nigerian Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) that is statutorily empowered to release information on such matters as COVID-19.”.
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