Ekiti State Government has debunked rumours of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the state .This came as the government lamented the unfortunate death of a woman, who was said to have vomited and collapsed in premises of the State Ministry of Health and was rejected in four different private hospitals because of the text messages circulated by some unidentified people suspected to be in the Healthcare sector that tagged her ebola patient.
At a briefing, Commissioner for Health, Professor Olusola Fasubaa said....
He also said a similar case at the NYSC Orientation camp in Ise Ekiti where a young man who had been inadequately treated for malaria collapsed and was abandoned by everybody including the camp’s healthcare givers from 6am to 3pm when the state government intervened.
On 20th August,2014, a 55-year-old health care worker at Ogotun- Ekiti, who was said not to have had any complaints of illness in the last two months and no current history of travel outside the state (according to her neighbours) got to the Data Bank of the Ministry of Health at about 1.pm and collapsed after coughing out blood and subsequently vomited and she was immediately tagged Ebola victim without an adequate history taken and people started running away.
“The woman subsequently died in the late evening. The unnecessary write-up through the social media by some doctors in the state is uncalled for, and counter-productive to the efforts of the state government in containing and curtailing the spread of the virus.”
He also said a similar case at the NYSC Orientation camp in Ise Ekiti where a young man who had been inadequately treated for malaria collapsed and was abandoned by everybody including the camp’s healthcare givers from 6am to 3pm when the state government intervened.
Prof Fasubaa appealed to doctors in the state to live up to their responsibilities and remember the Hippocratic oath they swore to. He stressed that not all patients that have fever or vomiting have Ebola.
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ReplyDeleteYoruba people can fear. Gosh
ReplyDeleteplease dont start that here.
Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Why nw, no test to confirm if she is with the disease.... Goverment should hold all those hospitals accountable....
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ReplyDeleteWHY RE NIGERIANS LIKE THIS? NOW HOSPITALS NOW REJECT PATIENT WITHOUT KNOWING THE CAUSE OF ILLNESS? THEN OUR STUPID CELEBRITIES ARE BUSY DOING ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE WITH OUT EVEN KNOWING ALS IS AN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CREATING AWARENESS OF DISEASES AFFECTING THEIR SOCIETY. I HELP THEM SHAME TOO BAD
ReplyDeleteNo body want to die like a fowl in the hands of Ebola
ReplyDeleteShaybi yoruba people say agbo they cure ebola,why them they run.*oke*
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ReplyDeleteThe fear of Ebola is the beginning of wisdom
ReplyDeleteEkiti State government should live up to its responsibility by making adequate arrangements for its health workers to combat and contain this epidemic. How would they treat patients without proper kits? What if it turns out to be Ebola. Wasn't that what First Consultant health workers did when they weren't aware that Sawyer had Ebola and it has cost them so much lives? Government should stop propaganda and do its job. Give them what they need to contain this virus. Build Isolation centers. Give health workers health insurance in case of death and watch your people work. Why would someone cough up blood and starts to vomit if not for a deadly decease. With Ebola in town, even Governor Fayemi will run from such a woman. Let us face the reality on ground. There are no second chances for carelessness.
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