Hospital discharges isolated Lassa fever patient in Ogun
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has discharged a 22-year-old Lassa fever patient being held at the hospital’s isolation centre. The patient, who was kept under intensive care at the facility for three weeks, was allowed to go home after satisfactorily meeting all necessary conditions for his […]
Ministry alerts federal hospitals against resurgence of Lassa fever
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: THE Federal Ministry of Health has alerted all heads of federal tertiary hospitals to take necessary measures to prevent escalation of Lassa fever in their hospitals. The ministry said that the urgent call became necessary following the resurgence of the deadly disease in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, which has […]
Ogun places 396 persons under surveillance over Lassa fever
NIGERIA: NO fewer than 396 persons have been placed under surveillance over Lassa fever after they had contact with an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta in Ogun State who was killed by the dreaded disease. The nurse, Omobolanle Adesuyi, and a mortician, identified as Okusaga, were said to have […]
Patients, relatives may flee Ogun hospital over Lassa fever
NIGERIA: FEARS have gripped in-patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, in Ogun State after Lassa fever killed a mortician and an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at the hospital. The GatewayMail gathered that family members of the patients and workers, too, are apprehensive of contracting the dreaded disease in the hospital, hence their […]
Lassa fever kills nurse, undertaker in Ogun
NIGERIA: THE dreaded disease, Lassa fever, has killed an undertaker, identified as Okusaga, and an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, Omobolanle Adesuyi, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The deceased persons, GatewayMail learnt, died following their infection with the killer disease after their contacts with an alleged Lebanese patient […]
Lassa fever kills 38-year-old pregnant woman in Ogun
NIGERIA: THE dreaded disease, Lassa fever, has killed a pregnant woman in Ogun State. The development came at the time the state government said that 216 persons have been discovered to have contact link with the disease. Health Commissioner, Babatunde Ipaye, said on Monday that government regretted the death of the pregnant woman. He […]
Ogun declares two hospitals free of Lassa fever
NIGERIA: TO boost the confidence of patients and the people, Ogun State government has fumigated and decontaminated the two hospitals where patients of Lassa fever were discovered and given initial treatments. Following the cleansing, government said that the hospitals have been declared safe to provide health care services to the people, the Health Commissioner, […]
First victim of Lassa fever dies in Ogun
NIGERIA: THE first victim of Lassa fever in Ogun State is dead. The victim died last Sunday and government had commenced moves to contact her family on the burial arrangements. The burial would be in line with the World Health Organisation’s guideline and national protocol, the Ogun State Health Commissioner, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, had […]
Lassa fever hits Ogun, 60 persons under watch
NIGERIA: OGUN State has recorded the first confirmed case of Lassa fever. The discovery came just as government placed 60 persons suspected to be carrier of the deadly virus on close surveillance. Health Commissioner, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, who said that the 60 suspects were being monitored due to their primary contact, made the disclosure […]
Lassa fever: Ogun places varsity undergraduate, 18 others on watch list
NIGERIA: NO fewer than 19 persons have been suspected in Ogun State to have been infected with Lassa fever. Among them is a female undergraduate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNNAB and government has decided to place them under close watch, apparently to curtail and prevent the spread of the deadly disease. […]
