SAHARANEWS – A medical doctor in Bauchi state has infected his nine-year-old son and nine other family members with the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
It was gathered that the doctor might have contracted the disease while treating other COVID-19 patients in the state, The Nation reports.
However, Rilwanu Muhammed, the chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), disclosed that the doctor and his relatives have been discharged from the isolation centre where they were admitted, except his son.
Muhammed revealed that the medical doctor refused to allow himself to be treated and thus exposed his family to the deadly virus.
The BSPHCDA boss said: ”The doctor and nine of his family members were recently discharged but the last child, the 9-year son is still in isolation.
“When the doctor got infected, instead of allowing other doctors to take care of him, he went home with it. He ought to have placed himself on a sick role and allow others to treat him…””