Lagos Says It Spends Between N100k & N1m On Each COVID-19 Patient Daily

  • Lagos state government has disclosed that it spends between N100,000 and N1m daily to treat each coronavirus patient in the state
  • Professor Akin Abayomi, the commissioner for health, made the disclosure during a briefing on COVID-19
  • Abayomi, however, pointed out that the figures he provided were a rough estimate.

Lagos state government has disclosed that it spends between N100,000 and N1m daily to treat each coronavirus patient in the state. Professor Akin Abayomi, the commissioner for health, made the disclosure on Thursday, July 23, during a briefing on COVID-19, The Guardian reported. The Lagos state government has given a daily estimate of the amount it spends to treat each coronavirus patient.

He explained that it costs the government an averagely of N100,000 daily to treat each patient with mild cases of the disease while serious or intensive COVID-19 cases cost the state government about N500,000 and N1m to treat a patient.

Abayomi however pointed out that the figures he provided were a rough estimate which included the cost of treatment, feeding, accommodation, and the services provided by the healthcare givers among others.

He noted that it is very difficult to calculate what it costs the state government to treat a COVID-19.

Source:Legit

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