NYSC 2015 Batch A CORPER MEDICAL DOCTOR AND A NURSE SUSPECTED TO HAVE DIED OF LASSA FEVER IN ZONKWA,KADUNA.

The serving corper DR KELECHI OGBOJI until his demise was serving at St Louis Hospital Zonkwa LGA.
The young, vibrant and hardworking Ebony state university (EBSU) trained medical doctor who did housemanship at FMC Abeokuta was said to have attended to a very sick patient rushed into their facility on account of high grade fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, weakness amid other symptoms.

The cautiously resuscitated the patient and referred to Jos as they obviously suspected Lassa fever.

Few days later, the doctor and his nurse both fell ill with high fever and similar symptoms and were admitted in the same hospital on Tue 16/2/16.
Dr Kelechi died on Fri 19/2/16 while the nurse died a day before him,18th.

Details of what they were being treated for while on admission still unknown and it appears the appropriate bodies are yet to make urgent probe into this unfortunate incidence and/or yet to make a formal statement.

We call on the management of St Louis Hospital Zonkwa, ,Kaduna state ministry of health, National Youths service corps (NYSC) state coordinator and DG , Nigeria medical association (NMA, FG
and all relevant agencies to urgently investigate their death in order to make contact tracing, forestall further spread and prevent unnecessary death of medical personnel.

Their deaths cannot be swept under the carpet lest more people will continue to die 'unnecessarily' .

Drastic efforts must have to be employed by the government and relevant bodies to seriously curb the menace of this dreaded viral haemorrhagic disease Lassa fever......pls lets share this on diff social media.

lalasticlala dominique

RIP

Sad really....
Doctors should take all the precautionary steps please