LassaFever: No Outbreak in Anambra, Says Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University CMD

The Chief Medical Director, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Awka, Anambra State, Dr. Lawrence Ikeakor, has said that the Lassa fever situation in the state has been blown out of proportion.

According to him, the nursing student who died of complications of the disease had been transferred from the hospital two weeks before the incident.

Ikeakor said, “Nobody died in this hospital contrary to media reports. Our health officers are well informed and educated in a matter like this. They are prepared from the outset on how to handle the cases.

“So the idea of quarantining our medical officers because of the development does not arise.  In the first place, no Lassa fever patient died here.

“Immediately our health officers noticed that the person could be a Lassa fever patient, she was transferred out of the hospital. They are properly trained about such situations. So, we didn’t quarantine them; they were asked to monitor themselves, which they have reasonably done and the outcome showed there is no need to panic.”

Source: The Punch News