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The Lagos State Government has given details of its cost of treating coronavirus patients in the state.
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health disclosed at a press briefing on Thursday said it cost the government per day between N500,000 to N1 million to treat a single COVID-19 patient requiring intensive care.
“To treat mild to moderate case-patients in our isolation centre is somewhere in the region of N100,000 per day, Said Prof. Abayomi.
“That gives you an idea of the amount of money the government is spending on COVID-19 isolation facilities and COVID-19 care.
“If you require high care or intensive care, that amount can go up to anything from N500, 000 to even a million naira per day, depending on the complications of the case.
“Do you need ventilation, dialysis, intravenous antibiotics; every case is different, so it is difficult to calculate exactly how much a patient in high care or intensive care would cost.”
