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Metallic Poisoning, Not Ebola Killed UNICAL Student–fg by preciousnobel(m): 6:23am On Nov 03, 2015 |
The Federal Government has given a clue to
what might have killed a 21-year-old male
student of the University of Calabar, who was
suspected to have died of Ebola Virus Disease. It
said the deceased died of “metallic poisoning.”
The government specifically said that it came
out with that verdict after it received the result
of confirmation test on the cause of the
deceased death.
The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry
of Health, Mr. Linus Awute, made the
clarification in Abuja during an interview with The
PUNCH .
According to him, what killed the student had to
do with the management of his “lifestyle in terms
of what he ate or what he took, which happens
now and then.”
Our correspondent reported that the patient was
diagnosed with a suspected case of hemorrhagic
fever on October 7, 2015.
The government had notified the nation that
preliminary tests carried out on the blood
samples of the patient confirmed that the
deceased was negative to both the Ebola virus
and the Lassa fever virus.
About three weeks ago, government had also
stated that additional tests, using next generation
sequencing methods, were going to be carried
out at the Redeemers University African Centre
of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious
Diseases at Ede, Osun State, to confirm which
virus must have caused the infection and the
subsequent death of the UNICAL student.
But Awute insisted that the UNICAL student died
of “metallic poisoning” and not Ebola Virus
Disease.
He said, “There is a test confirmation that it is
not Ebola. It has also been confirmed that issues
like that used to come up. We are sensitive to
issues like that, because of the Ebola
experience. It is also clear and obvious to us
that there was nobody who touched him or who
was around him that got infected. And so, it
can’t be an infectious disease.
“It is traceable to a kind of poison which is
classified as metallic poisoning. The UNICAL
student was a victim of metallic poisoning; but
nobody can actually say how it happened. The
most important thing for us is that we have
exempted the danger of infecting another
person, which means it is not any known
infectious disease.
“It is not Ebola and cannot be associated with
any infectious disease because all the public
health protocols required in ascertaining that it is
not Ebola and it is not any hemorrhagic fever has
been done. The number of days for which it can
infect another person or any other person around
him to show similar symptoms has also been
exceeded.
“So, one can comfortably conclude that it is not
Ebola; it is not any other infectious disease. It
has to do with the management of the person’s
lifestyle in terms of what he ate or what he
drank. It is just that in this era when we have to
be vigilant about infectious diseases, you don’t
see such things and take it for granted. So, that
is why we had to respond in the way and manner
that is expected of us as the custodian of the
health system of Nigeria.”
In its earlier test, the government claimed that
initial findings by the laboratory necessitated
additional tests, leading to a delay in the release
of the result.
“The result of these tests is now out and I wish
to inform the nation that the blood sample from
the patient tested negative to all pathogenic
viruses known to man. Further tests were
conducted to establish any bacterial or fungal
infection involvement and this also proved
negative. The possibility of poisoning or
intoxication with a chemical cannot be ruled out
at this stage. The Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control will continue with this investigation in
collaboration with the National Agency for Food
and Drug Administration and Control,” Awute
said. |
Re: Metallic Poisoning, Not Ebola Killed UNICAL Student–fg by marshalcarter: 6:32am On Nov 03, 2015 |
Simple..student dies due to ebola affliction...which 1 is metallic poisonin....dis ppl don 4get sey na 9ja we dey.....dey no put fear for our body |
Re: Metallic Poisoning, Not Ebola Killed UNICAL Student–fg by 175(m): 6:33am On Nov 03, 2015 |
APC authorises another lie On a serious note, this is sad! |
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