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Lassa Fever Kills Three as NCDC Confirms Outbreak of Disease in Ebonyi
January 16, 2018
Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu, Senator Iroegbu in Abuja and Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki
Three medical personnel at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State have been killed by Lassa fever.
Confirming the incident, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Umezuruike, said two of the dead patients were medical doctors while the third person was a nurse.
He revealed that the index patient who was treated by one of the doctors and nurse survived and had been discharged.
Umezuruike said the cause of the death of one of the doctors has not been confirmed to be Lassa fever as he had mobidity of diabetes.
The commissioner further said the victims presented late because they were self-medicating when the symptoms started showing...
Lassa Fever Kills Three as NCDC Confirms Outbreak of Disease in Ebonyi
January 16, 2018
Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu, Senator Iroegbu in Abuja and Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki
Three medical personnel at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State have been killed by Lassa fever.
Confirming the incident, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Umezuruike, said two of the dead patients were medical doctors while the third person was a nurse.
He revealed that the index patient who was treated by one of the doctors and nurse survived and had been discharged.
Umezuruike said the cause of the death of one of the doctors has not been confirmed to be Lassa fever as he had mobidity of diabetes.
The commissioner further said the victims presented late because they were self-medicating when the symptoms started showing...
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