The management of the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has said no one has died of Ebola
Virus Disease in the
tertiary institution.
A rumour had emanated on the social
media over the weekend, to the intent that two foreign nationals, who were
taken to LUTH, had died of EVD.
Speaking at a media briefing on
Monday, the Acting Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Chris Bode,
said, “Our attention has been drawn to a malicious piece of information making
the rounds on social media, which purported that two foreign nationals brought
to LUTH on Sunday, April 12, 2015 died of EVD.
“This is to swiftly deny any such
rumour and inform members of the public that no such event happened.”
Bode said the hospital had combed
its records at all points of entry in LUTH in the past two weeks and had no
such incident to report.
“Our professionals at the emergency
services, various lines of responders, laboratories and nurses all reported no
such cases in our hospital,” the professor of medicine said.
He added that since the last case of
Ebola was successfully treated in the country, the hospital had maintained
“eternal vigilance and shall continue to observe all precautions to quickly
identify any case of the highly infectious disease, in line with international
best practices.”
While he encouraged members of the
public to disregard the rumour, he urged the people never to let down their
guard, but to continue to maintain the high standards of hygiene through which
the Ebola disease was eradicated in Nigeria.
Source:Punch Newspaper.
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