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Ebola: LASG Pledges N50m To First Consultants by Agnesgrace(f): 4:13am On Oct 21, 2014 |
Ebola: LASG pledges N50m to First Consultants Jide Idris, Lagos State Commissioner for Health The Lagos State Government has promised to give N50m to First Consultant Hospital, Obalende, where the index Ebola Virus Disease case was diagnosed. The government said the N50m was a business support gesture for the medical centre. The state government also said it would be extending a similar gesture to each of the victims of the disease. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, said this at a press conference in Lagos on Monday. He noted that the gesture should not be mistaken for compensation but should rather be seen as a goodwill in view of what the victims had passed through. He said, “Having addressed the human angle in containing the outbreak, there is now the need to address the economic consequences. Under consideration are the following: Support to the affected persons including those alive and N50m lump sum as business support gesture to the First Consultants Medical Centre. “This is with a view to getting people and businesses back on their feet and for businesses to re-secure patronage of their customers. It needs to be clearly stated that this is not an attempt at compensation but a gesture of goodwill on the part of government.” Idris added that the state government would inaugurate a 24- hour Ebola Surveillance Team to deal with any Ebola emergency should any case arise again. He said, “The Ebola Virus Disease Team will be on 24/7 standby with an ambulance as well as an EVD clinician team leader and a driver. Five of such teams will be available. A decontamination team consisting of at least a driver, two environmental health officers and a supervisor will also be created. Two of such teams will be available.” Speaking against the backdrop of the declaration by the World Health Organisation that Nigeria is now Ebola free, the commissioner said the feat was made possible through a combination of factors such as a well-established structure and laws that had been put in place by the Lagos State Government long before Ebola broke out in the country. |
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