The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it does not
provide results of COVID-19 tests to individuals, but instead sends
them to states.
The NCDC said this hours after Raymond Dokpesi jnr, chairman of
DAAR Communications Plc, complained that he was discharged having
earlier contracted COVID-19, without seeing results of tests
conducted by the agency.
He had said: “Whilst I can attest to my improvement in physical
health and wellbeing, I regret to say that since my initial test to
date, I have never seen any documentary evidence of any test
result.
“I take it in trust and good faith that the NCDC pronounced me
COVID-19 positive and that they have now also pronounced me
COVID-negative. I will appreciate it if the documentary records of
the various tests on me and members of my family are made available
for our medical records.
He had also said such “lapses” could make patients to lose
confidence in public healthcare providers.
But writing via its Twitter handle on Friday, the NCDC said it
only coordinates communication of test results between its
laboratories and states.
“It is important to emphasise that the NCDC does not provide
results to individuals,” it said.
“Our role as the national public health institute is to
coordinate the communication of results between testing
laboratories and States, who then communicate with
individuals.”
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it does not
provide results of COVID-19 tests to individuals, but instead sends
them to states.
The NCDC said this hours after Raymond Dokpesi jnr, chairman of
DAAR Communications Plc, complained that he was discharged having
earlier contracted COVID-19, without seeing results of tests
conducted by the agency.
He had said: “Whilst I can attest to my improvement in physical
health and wellbeing, I regret to say that since my initial test to
date, I have never seen any documentary evidence of any test
result.
“I take it in trust and good faith that the NCDC pronounced me
COVID-19 positive and that they have now also pronounced me
COVID-negative. I will appreciate it if the documentary records of
the various tests on me and members of my family are made available
for our medical records.
He had also said such “lapses” could make patients to lose
confidence in public healthcare providers.
But writing via its Twitter handle on Friday, the NCDC said it
only coordinates communication of test results between its
laboratories and states.
“It is important to emphasise that the NCDC does not provide
results to individuals,” it said.
“Our role as the national public health institute is to
coordinate the communication of results between testing
laboratories and States, who then communicate with
individuals.”