Medical Doctor Dies From Lassa Fever In Rivers State

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 decontaminate
d as we speak. All
medical doctors and healthcare personnel that had primary
contact with the late medical doctor have been placed under
observation.”

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