The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, (FETHI) Dr. Lawrence Majekodunmi Ayodele, has revealed how his team of medical personnel eventually conquered the dreaded disease, Lassa Fever.
At a press conference marking the celebration of the medical breakthrough recorded by his team in Ado Ekiti on Monday, Dr. Ayodele said a student nurse who got infected had been receiving medical treatment at the hospital, had fully recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
The 19-year old student of the FETHI’s School of Nursing was rushed to the hospital a couple of weeks ago, having contracted Lassa Fever, an infectious disease that has killed a number Nigerians in recent weeks.
Dr. Ayodele, who also presented a nurse, Mrs Adejoke Awotona, and her team with certificates of excellence in service, pleaded with the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to reward experts and designate the centre as a nationally recognized Management Centre, said the patient was discharged after a post-treatment diagnosis carried at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State. “This student nurse was rushed into this hospital with high fever, bleeding from her orifices. We wanted to reject her because we don’t have the medical kits to undertake treatment here. But because we heeded the Minister’s directive not to transport a Lassa Fever patient, we immediately swung into action.
“Today, we have recorded a success story. The lady has tested negative for the virus and she has been discharged.
“We were able to achieve this feat because of the determination of our nurses and doctors.
“For anybody to lay down his life in spite of the poor facilities to treat the infection here, he deserves to be compensated, even if it is just a presidential handshake,” Ayodele said.
Ayodele said doctors who reportedly dodged their responsibility to be part of the team to treat the patient will be sanctioned for professional misconduct.
Ayodele appealed to the federal government to design a template for effective control of the spread of any endemic disease that breaks out in the country.
Dr. Yusuf Musah and Awotona, infection disease experts, said government should increase the hazard allowance being given to medical experts, saying a sum of N5,000 is too paltry for anybody to risk his life.
Mrs. Awotona said: “If we have a more terrible situation, we are ready to take the risk. But the government must take us into consideration. They must increase our hazard allowance and also pay us rural allowance, because Ido Ekiti itself is still a rural setting.”
By: Wole Balogun,
Sun News
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