hmm, so what are we going to do now

God abeg reason our matter for this country! With all the problems we have, Lassa fever no gree free us.
Why na?

Y so much bad news in this current administration?

And one of the nurses died this morning.

May there souls rest in peace.
Amen

Lassa fever has claimed the lives of so many health workers over the years..

May the souls of these two rest in peace.

emerich:
Ebonyi State is a well endemic state with respect to Lassa fever, Resident, House officers and Interns should treat patients and samples with utmost care...
How much is Hazard allowance sef, if I may ask?

my brother , hazard allowance is 5000naira and it's flat for both d doctor and the gateman and cook in the kitchen .. tGod should just protect our doctors ofcourse the government right from time has failed in her duties!!

This is really serious ooo

The other doctors, student doctors and nurses and nurses are on quarantine...it came unexpected as no was prepared for it....
Lord save person from this Lassa fever Outbreak

3 died, one treated for it and many on quarantine....

This is serious endemic outbreak other states should be careful to prevent getting it as this is season where relative return from their villages.....

May their gentle soul rest in peace and pls remember in ur prayers the house officer who is down with sickness but undergoing treatment

My brother in law said this.May God protect all the doctors in ebonyi state

[quote author=zoba88 post=64214760]Dear Colleagues,
There seems to be an outbreak of lassa fever in Abakaliki,Ebonyi State as we lost 2 Resident Doctors today,Dr Felix Ali,Dept of Community Medicine & Dr Abel Sunday Udo, Dept of Otorhinolaryngology,FETHA..

Dr Felix Ali had complications of Lassa fever & he was taken to Irrua Specialist Hospital,Irrua where he eventually died..

Dr Abel Sunday Udo,operated on a patient 3weeks ago suspected to have had lassa fever and he died this afternoon..
He also lost the patient..

The House Officer & the nurse that joined him in the surgery are presently on their way to Irrua Specialist Hospital,Irrua for exper care... the working condition for doctors and health workers in this country is pitiable...for us @ ISTH. We hope that primary prevention is embarked upon by federal ministry of health as the season for lassa fever comes ( bush burning) less the miniature lassa fever ward be overwhelmed and a general pandemic happens.. God help us!!!

ABJDOT:
The rate at which people are dying is getting too much, just 15 Days.......Its time churches should go on fasting and prayer.

we've always been on fasting and prayer. what we need is to use our brains

Amarabae:
Tomorrow some people will come here and be abusing doctors and we nurses.
You see how the two doctors lost their lives trying to save a patient.
It's worrisome.
May God console their families.

you impressed me today

LegitBoy:
As usual that? How can you be without human empathy you dunce

I lost that a long time ago

Health workers must apply universal safety precautions when handling patients at all time. Nigerian factor will not spare us from death when we do things wrongly. I once left a hospital after several hours of waiting because the doctor used his bare hands to be touching the watering eyes of a patient.

Tears were coming out of the boys eyes consistently, and because the doctor was certain the cause was not an infection, but rather, exposure to a gas, he was using his bare hands to touch and run the fluids from the boys eyes. Let's not forget that the boy could have other diseases. I had to leave because my eye test was next.



Secondly, is it impossible for Nigeria to eradicate and eliminate Lassa Fever, or are we waiting for the white God, Bill Gates to come do it for us? Meningitis, and the others, must Oyibo do everything for us?!

Speechless
Lassa fever strikes, yet again.....in the same hospital where many health workers were killed by same disease 10 years ago including a consultant, a Senior Registrar, 2 Registrars and some nurses, .....the same hospital that commissioned a virology diagnostic centre (Lassa fever centre) 2 years ago but has remained non-functional till date... federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA.

Lassa fever, you've taken a brother (Dr Felix Otu Ali) of Community Medicine department, FETHA, and a Senior colleague in Medical School days (Dr Abel Sunday) of ENT department FETHA.

Why is the government playing games with the lives of her citizens, every life matters, no life is more precious than the other. Health workers are continuously facing deadly diseases every day and to think that the hazard allowance is just N5000 only, is not only ridiculous but a shame, in a country that brags about being the giant of Africa.

Why is the Lassa fever centre in FETHA not functional, everything should not be about politics all the time. ARD should not just be seen to be going on strike on matters that relate to remuneration but issues such as this centre which the government used to hoodwink the masses should be a reason to embark on strike to draw government's attention to it.

It is surprising to learn that despite losing these two doctors in FETHA, the management of the hospital has not seen any reason to close the section of the hospital where these people were initially treated before being transferred to Irua, at least to fumigate it and make it safe for work, rather patients are being transferred to a different ward.. How safe are these wards?.... and some doctors are still working there, risking their lives with no form of protection....

ARD FETHA should wake up to their responsibilities of protecting lives of their colleagues, other health workers and patients as well....

Dr Felix was managed in a mission hospital before being moved to FETHA, when he was first suspected of having viral haemorhagic fever... Bleeding gums, etc.. What has the ministry of health done to curtail the spread of this deadly disease or are they just waiting to attend a mass burial of Ebonyians and start shedding crocodile tears? An entire community is at the verge of being wiped out.

Honourable Maria Ude Nwachi (Afikpo Chic), this is the time to act, the entire Afikpo is in danger, Senator Sunny Ogbuorji, this is not time for politics, your senatorial zone is in danger, Honourable Idu Igariwey, your people are looking up to you.

The government should put health in their priority list and should declare a state of emergency in the health and education sectors otherwise, the current brain-drain will be a tip of the iceberg compared to what is about to happen in the future.
Cheers!!