PORT HARCOURT—A medical doctor with Rivers State-owned Braithwait Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMH, Dr. Livy Ijamala, has died from Lassa Fever, bringing to three the number of people killed by the disease in the state.

Chairman of the state branch of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Furo Green, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt, saying the late doctor, Ijamala, who died in the early hours of yesterday from the ailment, had contact with patients infected with Lassa Fever.


Dr. Furo added that the late medical doctor had been buried in line with recommendations of World Health Organization, WHO, for deaths from contagious diseases.

He also said a team from WHO had already visited the hospital for assessment, adding that the hospital had been decontaminated and that those who had contacts with the late Dr. Ijamala had been placed on observation.

He said: “Last night, one of our hard-working doctors in the department of obstetrics gynaecology, Dr. Livy Ijamala, lost his life following infection with Lassa Fever.

This is the price medical doctors and health personnel pay for offering health services to the public.
“The hospital is being decontaminated as we speak. All medical doctors and healthcare personnel that had primary contact with the late medical doctor have been placed under observation.”

… as doctors begin strike

He also said medical doctors in the state were on three days strike to protest the frequent abduction of medical doctors in the state.
He said within the week two of his colleagues, Dr. Isaac Opurum and Dr. Ib Aprioku were taken hostage at separate times. He said in 2015, 21 doctors were abducted in the state.

According to him, the warning strike was to draw attention to the plight of medical doctors.

He said: “While we are not happy to go on strike, the strike now appears to be a blessing in disguise because fewer doctors and patients came to the hospital today, thereby, reducing the rate of contacts among medical doctors and patients.”

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/medical-doctor-dies-of-lassa-fever-in-rivers/
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PORT HARCOURT—A medical doctor with Rivers State-owned Braithwait Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMH, Dr. Livy Ijamala, has died from Lassa Fever, bringing to three the number of people killed by the disease in the state.

Chairman of the state branch of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Furo Green, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt, saying the late doctor, Ijamala, who died in the early hours of yesterday from the ailment, had contact with patients infected with Lassa Fever.


Dr. Furo added that the late medical doctor had been buried in line with recommendations of World Health Organization, WHO, for deaths from contagious diseases.

He also said a team from WHO had already visited the hospital for assessment, adding that the hospital had been decontaminated and that those who had contacts with the late Dr. Ijamala had been placed on observation.

He said: “Last night, one of our hard-working doctors in the department of obstetrics gynaecology, Dr. Livy Ijamala, lost his life following infection with Lassa Fever.

This is the price medical doctors and health personnel pay for offering health services to the public.
“The hospital is being decontaminated as we speak. All medical doctors and healthcare personnel that had primary contact with the late medical doctor have been placed under observation.”

… as doctors begin strike

He also said medical doctors in the state were on three days strike to protest the frequent abduction of medical doctors in the state.
He said within the week two of his colleagues, Dr. Isaac Opurum and Dr. Ib Aprioku were taken hostage at separate times. He said in 2015, 21 doctors were abducted in the state.

According to him, the warning strike was to draw attention to the plight of medical doctors.

He said: “While we are not happy to go on strike, the strike now appears to be a blessing in disguise because fewer doctors and patients came to the hospital today, thereby, reducing the rate of contacts among medical doctors and patients.”

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/medical-doctor-dies-of-lassa-fever-in-rivers/
Cc; lalasticlala, Dominique

What measures are put in place to protect health workers
? FMC owerri has nothing for the combat. And yday a case came, all d Drs ran away, so what happens next? Decontamination nko? Na one chancÉ we dey oh.

RIP Doc


Lassa isn't getting adequate attention cos the government is fighting corruption in all sectors.

this is really serious.. d only tin dat gains attention of all in dis country na politics.. all we do is trade blames... i am still marvelled at how the fed and state govmnts r so silent of dis lassa fever threat.. i guess we av to wait till it kills one prominent person b4 dey all rise up to arrest d situation. dis is an emergency.. dia is fire on the mountain , unfortunately, no one is running.. imagine, another doctor is gone so cheaply.. we really nid a rethink

Like play like play, Lassa Fever has killed more people in Nigeria than Ebola and has also spread more than Ebola, yet the Ministry of Health is still treating this epidemic with kid's glove.

Rip

RIP Doc..one hazard of the profession.
Funny enough media attention on this lassa fever thing is too low.Some people here don't even have the slightest clue what's happening with regards to lassa fever.


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Yet the apc goverment are blaming ge for not eradicating ebola b4 he handed over.

Wow..... Please our government should do something about this virus i thought twas sexual virus that was predicted?



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While our government is fighting kworruption

Nigerians are dying,they won't get serious till it gets to lagos and it would be all over

This is gradually getting out of hand

He died fighting meanwhile our missin budget has been found...pieces were seen in the belly of a particular rat named sugar

Buhari should do something about this lassa fever. It has killed more people than Ebola in Nigeria. Even the unserious regime of gej still fought Ebola tooth & nail to a standstill. Let invite the former health minister to help us. That guy did a good job.

This kind of change is negative.

Where is our clueless Dullard

This virus is as deadly as ebola

RIP.

They aint fighting Lassa fever the way GEJ fought Ebola.

Hear wetin bubu tell Wike..

Where are the the APC e-rats... come and blame this one on Wike

Wike and Buhari do not have time for this

This is so unfortunate, RIP Doctor.

Buh guys Abeg my question is: na Bluetooth these rats dey use dey exchange the Lassa disease between States? it's like say den Don form Alliance Against Humans (AAH)

R.I.P doctor.... he died in the cause of saving lifes.
Ebola came and all hands were on deck and ensured the virus was not allowed to spread beyond control, here is Lassa fever spreading rapidly and yet it looked like little or nothing is been and/or will be done.

May God help us as we help ourselves too.

I hear there are rats the size of cats in some hospitals

The funny thing is the "clueless" administration tackled the Ebola menace with all venom.
I'm surprised little is being done by this "Changed"administration.

One needs to be extraordinarily careful

patiently waiting for that time f.g wld realize that vet. doctors are needed to combat dese zoonotic diseases and not human doctors alone#