A national survey of hospital readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
Dimie OgoinaDalhat MahmoodAbisoye Sunday OyeyemiOgochukwu Chinedum OkoyeVivian KwagheZayaid HabibUche UnigweMichael Onyebuchi IroezinduMusa Abubakar GarbatiStella RotifaOlukemi AdekanmbiIliyasu GarbaFarouq Muhammad DayyabSanusi Mohammed IbrahimIbrahim Musa KidaAdamu AdamuDatonye AlasiaSati Klein AwangJohn Oghenevwirhe Ohaju-ObodoRabi UsmanYahaya MohammedAyanfe OmololuEkaete Alice TobinSylvanus OkogbeninDanny AsogunIraoyah KellyBala WaziriAliyu Mamman NauzoYusuf JibrinAbdulrazaq Garba HabibPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Most hospitals in Nigeria were not adequately prepared to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Current efforts to strengthen hospital preparedness should prioritize challenges related to surge capacity, critical care for COVID-19 patients, and staff welfare and protection.