The deadly disease, spread by rats has claimed three lives in a
fresh outbreak; one patient and two health care givers have been
confirmed dead in Kaduna state
It is reported that the lassa fever is transmitted by rats.
Lassa Fever has killed a
medical doctor, nurse and a heavily pregnant woman in a fresh outbreak
in Kaduna State, Commissioner for Health, Professor Andrew Nok
has confirmed. He said the three people were killed by Lassa fever in a
private hospital in Zonkwa, Southern part of Kaduna state.
Professor
Nok while giving explanation said the nurse and the medical doctor
contracted the disease after administering medication on the pregnant
woman at Saint Loius Hospital, Zonkwa in Zangon Kataf Local government
area of the state.
Pulse gathered that the doctor,
a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Zonkwa,
alongside the nurse and the pregnant woman all died of the disease,
according to a result of their blood test conducted in Jos, Plateau
State.
The doctor who was identified as Kelechi
Ogboji, Ebony State University (EBSU) trained medical doctor and a 2015
Batch ‘A’ corps doctor, was serving at St. Louis Hospital Zonkwa, and was scheduled to pass out on the 24th of March, 2016 before the incident.
According
to residents the pregnant woman was admitted at the hospital on Tuesday
16th February, 2016 and later died. Dr Kelechi died on Friday 19th,
2016 while the nurse died a day before him, February 18th.
Apart from Kaduna State government confirmation, about 23 states out of Nigeria’s 36 states recorded lassa fever outbreak.
Dr. Kelechi Ogboji(Echo of hope)
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