Lassa Fever Kills Medical Doctor, Others In Anambra

Anambra state Director of Public Health, Dr. Emmanuel Okafor, has confirmed the death of a medical doctor and two others as a result of Lassa fever. The director made this confirmation during the report at one-day workshop on Lassa fever organised by the ministry to sensitise health professionals in the state on the disease in Awka. Dousing the probable tension likely to follow such report, he said that the outbreak was not yet in an epidemic proportion in the state. Okafor explained that the training was meant to fully empower health worker at grass root level. “In Anambra we don’t know the number of cases of the disease but we have three confirmed deaths,’’ he said. He urged health workers to be ethical in the delivery of their responsibility in handling Lassa fever cases, adding that the state government had put in place proactive measures to handle the scourge. Speaking earlier, Dr Jane Ezeonu, a resource person at the workshop, communicated the death of the doctor and the two other persons. He said that the medical doctor died three days ago at the Nnamdi Azikiwe General Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi. She also maintained that the late medical doctor was referred to NAUTH from Asaba, Delta state. Ezeonu stressed the need for adequate prevention mechanism to be taken on the issue. Dr. Ezeonu cautioned citizens on drinking raw garri (cassava flour) and called on them to embrace general hygiene. Thanks for reading.

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