Doctor Livy Ijamala in Braithwait Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMH, ,
was confirmed dead from Lassa Fever, this has brought a total of 3cases
bringing to three the number of people killed by the disease in the state.
Dr. Furo Green ,the chairman of the
state branch of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, confirmed this in Port Harcourt, that he died in the
early hours of yesterday from the ailment,he had contacted with patients infected with
Lassa Fever.
He also said a team from WHO had
already visited the hospital for assessment, adding that the hospital had been
decontaminated and that those who had contacts with the late Dr. Ijamala had
been placed on observation.
He said: “Last night, one of our hard-working doctors in the department of obstetrics gynaecology, Dr. Livy Ijamala, lost his life following infection with Lassa Fever. This is the price medical doctors and health personnel pay for offering health services to the public. “The hospital is being decontaminated as we speak. All medical doctors and healthcare personnel that had primary contact with the late medical doctor have been placed under observation.”
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Every year diseases come up,last year was Ebola
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