Sodiq Adekunle, Osogbo
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex has confirmed that a case of Lassa fever was recorded in the hospital.
This, the management said when announcing laboratory test confirms that the resident doctor's death on Monday at the hospital was caused by Lassa fever.
It would be recalled that there has been panic in Ile-Ife area of Osun State since Monday over alleged case of a resident doctor, who was suspected to have Lassa Fever Disease Virus.
It was learnt that the doctor died on Monday at the Emergency Unit of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife.
Our correspondent gathered that the late doctor was seen vomiting blood (one of the major symptoms of Lassa Fever) within the hospital, before her death.
On Wednesday, the chairman of a committee set up by the OAUTHC on Lassa fever, Prof. Adedeji Onayade, said the result of the first test carried out on the sample of the deceased tested positive.
He said the hospital was on top of the situation adding that there was no need for anybody to panic as a result of this.
Onayade said, "We have a report back and the result came as positive. We were supposed to do two tests but the patient was dying when we took the first sample.
"We can't do the second test now. So we can say it is 50 per cent but we are going ahead to take necessary steps. We have informed all those who should know."
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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