Striking doctors in Lagos State have volunteered to join the team of experts managing patients at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.

The chairman, Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Tope Ojo, who said this at a press briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, added that strike would not stop doctors in the state from attending to persons suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus.
Ojo said about 30 of its members had volunteered to join seven of the Ebola Emergency Response and Management Committee working on the prevention and control of the disease at the IDH centre in Yaba.
He said, “Strike or no strike, we must respond to emergencies. Our doctors are at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, were isolated contacts are being monitored. There are seven committees working on the management of the disease at the centre in Lagos, which our members are part of.
“But the committee, where we are having challenges getting volunteers, is case management. This are the people that work directly with confirmed cases.
“Look at the protective measures that doctors in Liberia and Guinea wear. They are well protected, yet some of them still caught it. Our doctors are worried about the danger it poses to their lives and they need to be reassured.
“We understand their fears and we are making moves to confirm the level of preparedness of the government for doctors.”
He informed that the infected doctor, who is presently on admission at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, was responding to treatment.
“We know that the infected doctor is stable,  however, the matron is in a critical condition. But everybody, including the experts from the World Health Organisation, is doing all they can,” he said.
 A  member of one of the of the committees, Dr. Babajide Saheed, said the doctors were working closely with the WHO and other stakeholders to contain the risk of the spreading the infection.
Saheed said, “Not all doctors can attend to an Ebola patient. In fact you must limit the number of health workers treating affected persons just to contain the risk.
“We will be escalating the situation if doctors rush to Mainland Hospital just to attend to patients.”

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Dats a welcome development but odikwa risky. If dem doubt am mek dem ask Doctors n health workers for Liberia.
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#Team say no to Ebola

God help us una try

Sunofgod: p

U can't change d fact dat i'm 2nd n 3rd to Commentus. Even wen d poster above me lack gud comment.
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BTW! Quote me n go to HELL

They shud go f**k themselves

How can pple that have the key to life n death in some situations decide not to come to work.

Why treat ebola? Wen u left the cancer patients, diabetics, aids etc to die in pain

ok,just call off the strike

for real? The fear of ebola in action.God help us.

See what Ebola has caused!! Just switched on my Old Nokia phone, and the two hands refused to shake each other!

Na wao!

I pray God helps them
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The same doctors that are 'crying' cos of #5000 hazard fees? Now want to treat Ebola? I know that with dis Ebola stuff, majority of Nigerian doctors wont want the strike to end. Who wan contact Ebola?

Mainland Hospital Yaba? Is that the one they call Yaba Left

Tot they said the infected doctor is dead

Since d JOHESU "consultants" can't seem to handle d Ebola menace, we have no other option but to sacrifice and make a comeback.

We must survive Ebola Epidemic!!!

hazyfm: LOL

What's funny?

BTW
Una notice the kind handshake this woman dey give oga jona.... Lol.... Fear of ebola is the beginning of....

Blackchampion: U don try wella

NA ACCIDENTAL FTC -

Good

I fear for them o

hmm nice of them. But they should endeavour to apply absolute caution.

Which Year IGBO People Go Get Sense?

Is that the punishments given to them?

Owk...we don hear, next

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From #bringbackourgirls to #ebola

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philtex: Which Year IGBO People Go Get Sense?

And u get sense like dis? huh?
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