Report Of COVID-19 Outbreak At Our Facility Untrue—-Wellmed Healthcare

<p>Report of COVID-19 outbreak at WellMed Healthcare is untrue<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>report of a misleading the information in the public domain to the effect that there is an outbreak of COVID-19 at the WellMed Healthcare is untrue&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The denial of the report of pandemic outbreak is to put the record straight in order not to mislead the unsuspecting public&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;To this effect&comma; the management of WellMed Healthcare Limited has refuted a circulated report in Punch newspapers that five of its workers were tested positive to COVID-19&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Debunking the report <strong>of<&sol;strong> falsehood&comma; the piece of news was rubbished as an attempt to tarnish its image as one of the facilities accredited for the coronavirus test based on its sterling records&comma; top diagnostic technology&comma; exceptional technical know-how and highly skilled personnel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The management of WellMed claimed that before COVID-19&comma; it took the welfare of its workers as a topmost priority&comma; it is the same consistency that is also extended to the front like workers and staff at a time the ravaging virus is decimating the human population&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In its statement&comma; WellMed asserted it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;has constantly maintained the highest level of hygiene standard to ensure a safe and healthy environment for staff under the standard protocols set by the Health regulatory authorities&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To further ensure the safety of our staff and clients&comma; we have made adequate provision of necessary cleaning and disinfecting tools and equipment for staff and patients such as hand wash&comma; cleaning detergents&comma; alcohol-based disinfectants&comma; face masks&comma; hand sanitizers etc while also providing advanced decontamination equipment like humidifiers&comma; atomizer and nano disinfectant sprayers for daily use&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is expedient to note that the company has expended millions of naira to provide Personal Protective Equipment &lpar;PPE&rpar; and institute other safety measure to ensure the health and environmental safety of the work environment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In rare cases of infection&comma; the management stated&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As a general rule and based on global best practice&comma; suspected and symptomatic cases are advised to run a test and staff members who tests positive to the coronavirus are immediately placed on medical leave to quarantine for a specified number of days until the next round of routine tests are conducted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The company covers the cost of testing and also pays the staff for the number of days off work during their isolation period<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We unequivocally refute all allegations of the publication by the Punch newspaper and expect a thorough investigation on this issue would have suffice before going to print as a notable media organization&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We assure the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">general public<&sol;a> of the commitment of WellMed healthcare towards the health and safety of all our stakeholders&comma;” the statement reads&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;WellMed was selected and approved by Lagos State Ministry of Health to carry out COVID-19 test after a rigorous accreditation and validation process by the tripartite accreditation by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as a Corona virus &lpar;Covid-19&rpar;&comma; the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency &lpar;HEFAMAA&rpar; and Lagos State Bio Bank&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;WellMed Healthcare is a registered medical diagnostic centre and is duly accredited as a healthcare service provider by the HEFAMAA to provide a wide range of testing in Radiology&comma; Pathology and Cardiology using the latest diagnostic and imaging technology available while engaging the most diligent and professional of our nation’s workforce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;