It
was a sad day for the medical profession in Kogi State yesterday
following news of the death of Dr Victor Idowu at Irrua Specialist
Hospital, Edo State from Lassa fever complications.
An announcement by the Nigeria Medical
Association, (NMA) in Kogi State yesterday said the late Idowu was
diagnosed with Lassa fever on January 19, 2018, which he contracted in
the line of duty.
Idowu’s death comes days after two other
members of the NMA, Dr. Abel Sunday Udo, a resident doctor in the
Department of Otorhinolayngology and Dr Ali Felix, a resident doctor in
the Department of Community Medicine, both serving at the Federal
Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, (FETHA), Ebonyi State died of the fever on
Sunday, January 14, 2018.
Udo and Felix were also reported to have
contracted the disease from a patient they treated. A House Officer and a
nurse that joined in treating the patient also contracted the disease
and were transferred to Irrua Specialist Hospital, Irrua in critical
condition where they later died.
Announcement of their deaths by the
Secretary of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, O.V Nnadi
on Sunday, 14th of January threw other health workers in the hospital
into panic, even as schools went on forced break and only resumed
yesterday (Monday).
Daily Sun recalls that Lassa fever
resurfaced in Nasarawa State on Friday, January 19, killing one person
out of the 15 suspected cases receiving attention at the Federal Medical
Centre, Keffi.
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