Doctors and Nurses held hostage in Kano. See why

COVID-19: Patients hold doctors, nurse hostage in Kano.

Pandemonium has broken out at one of the isolation centres located at Kwanar Dawaki, in Kano state.

When some COVID-19 patients held health workers hostage for four hours.

The former chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Kano branch, Professor Aminu Mohammed confirmed the aggrieved patients took two medical doctors and one nurse into captivity.

He said the health workers were on routine medical ward round check when the incident occurred.

One of the patients, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said they were displeased with the way they treat them.

-He spoke to on anonymity and said that they were aggrieved because they have not been medically examined since they got to the centre.

The patient lamented they have been in isolation for one week without been subjected to medical examination to truly determine if they had contracted the virus or not, saying they wanted to be released to rejoin their families.