Just as Nigeria is fighting hard to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country, a few celebrities have started contracting the deadly virus.
A few moments ago, Cliq Nigeria reported that Davido’s wife-to-be, Chioma Avril Rowland has tested positive for the virus.
Well, popular Instagram comedian, Sydney Talker has taken to his social pages to call out the NCDC and other agencies handling the coronavirus case in the country over failure to attend to him properly after he developed symptoms of coronavirus.
According to the comedian, his first attempt to reach out to NCDC wasn’t successful as the agency tagged it a “skit”.
See all he wrote below…
Good afternoon everyone.
I'm sharing my personal experience with our failed healthcare system especially on its inability to respond promptly to this COVID-19 epidemic.#TheAverageNigerian #FailedHealthCare #FailedHealthCareSystem
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— тнe тowel gυy ?? (@sydney_talker) March 27, 2020
A week ago, I came down with some symptoms similar to that of COVID-19. I tried the @NCDCgov hotlines several times for about 2 days before I got a response stating that since I have not started showing ALL signs & symptoms plus I have no recent international travel history—
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— тнe тowel gυy ?? (@sydney_talker) March 27, 2020
—or contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient I wouldn't be attended to.
I took to Twitter later that day expressing my displeasure for the response I got and most people including the @NCDCgov dismissed it as a skit or probably an attention seeking video.
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— тнe тowel gυy ?? (@sydney_talker) March 27, 2020
My symptoms continued to persist and I reached out to the @LSMOH through the hotlines all to no avail before contacting them on Twitter via @08000CORONA where I got a call the following morning.
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— тнe тowel gυy ?? (@sydney_talker) March 27, 2020
I was told to get a cough syrup and mix lemon in hot water and take these liquids every morning and evening.
I carried out these practices for 2 days with a little relief or so I thought, up until yesterday where I had serious difficulty breathing.
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— тнe тowel gυy ?? (@sydney_talker) March 27, 2020
I was rushed to a private hospital where I was rejected because of my symptoms, and was referred to the Mainland Hospital (Formerly Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos).
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— тнe тowel gυy ?? (@sydney_talker) March 27, 2020
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