The Chairman of the Nasarawa state Rapid Response Task Force from the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu, has confirmed the death of a male nurse at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, who treated the index case of Lassa fever outbreak in the state.
Adamu, while disclosing this to newsmen in Lafia on Wednesday, described the death of the nurse, Oshafu Ibrahim, as a colossal loss at a time when all efforts were being made to curtail the spread of the disease in the state.
He confirmed the nurse died on Tuesday, having contracted the disease through the index case in December 2015.
The chairman said that adequate safety kits had been provided for health workers by the Federal and State governments to check the spread of the disease.
He urged the health workers to always observe the universal protection practice of hand washing and wearing of safety kits while attending to patients, urging healthcare providers not to be demoralised by the death of their colleague in carrying out their duty of saving lives.
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God save us oh! This lassa fever, we will survive it, after all Ebola came and left, so will this.
ReplyDeleteLord please save us from lassa fever.
ReplyDeleteI'm always very careful about killing a living thing
ReplyDeleteBut as it is,it's kill or be killed
I've volunteered to kill all the rats in my compound
Will fish them out wherever they're hiding on Saturday
How can something so little be a threat to my life? hell No.
Like joke,like joke, this thing is spreading o.
ReplyDeleteChaii... May her soul rest in peace...
ReplyDeleteSHAME ON ALL APC GOVERNORS. Only to steal money and not pay workers that is what they know. so one one can do something about this lassa fever. RATS running everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThey cannot fumigate everywhere.
Everyone please take care of yourself.
Hmmm! It's getting serious day by day
ReplyDeleteGod have mercy
ReplyDeleteBaba God na ur hand we dey.
ReplyDeleteMay he rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteGod save your children oooh
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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This is getting out of hand ooo.
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