A doctor who treated Lassa fever patient in Dutse General Hospital, Jigawa State, is suspected to have contracted the disease from the patient who later died, after having been diagnosed of Lassa fever.
Nigerian Tribune gathered from reliable source, that the doctor had developed manifest symptoms of Lassa fever within 72 hours, after he had treated the patient who was brought to the hospital, where he (the patient) died same day he was admitted in the clinic.
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Nigerian Tribune gathered that the doctor’s sample had been taken to Abuja for test to confirm whether it is Lassa fever or not. When contacted, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Abba Zakari Umar said: “I’m aware of the case, it was not Lassa fever.”
Dr Umar explained “the sample of the doctor had been taken to Abuja and thereafter taken to Lagos for test, where it was confirmed that it was catarrh not Lassa fever.”
According to the Commissioner for health “it is catarrh, not Lassa fever, the doctor was scared. So far, we only confirmed one case, and the patient who is now late, contracted the disease from Port Harcourt in Rivers State.
“Twenty-six people are put under surveillance, yet, there is no problem, and we have continued expanding public enlightenment campaign in the media on preventive measures,” Dr Umar explained.
By: Adamu Amadu
Tribune News
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