Like Ebola, LASG will contain fever, says Ambode
Gboyega Akinsanmi in Lagos Olakiitan Victor in Ado Ekiti and Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo

Workers at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, have been thrown into panic following the death of a resident doctor suspected to have contracted Lassa fever.
Gboyega Akinsanmi in Lagos Olakiitan Victor in Ado Ekiti and Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo

Workers at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, have been thrown into panic following the death of a resident doctor suspected to have contracted Lassa fever.
This cames as the Lagos State Government yesterday allayed the fears of residents across all the local councils in the state, assuring them that it would soon contain the spread of Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) in the state just the way it put out the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Doctors, nurses, medical personnel and patients at the Emergency Unit of the hospital where the doctor died on Monday hurriedly fled the unit apparently for fear of contracting the highly contagious viral disease.
It was learnt that the doctor died after vomiting blood within the hospital premises.
A medical doctor in the hospital who preferred anonymity told THISDAY that the doctor had visited Ekiti State before arriving Ile-Ife on Monday.
But the authorities of OAUTHC debunked insinuations that the doctor died as a result of Lassa fever.
Speaking with THISDAY on phone yesterday, the Chairman, OAUTHC on Lassa Fever, Prof. Adedeji Onayade, confirmed the death of the doctor but said the fact that the doctor bled to death cannot be taken t, to mean that he have contracted the deadly virus.
Onayade stressed that blood sample of the late doctor had been obtained and sent to the federal government for confirmation.
He noted that until the result of the blood sample was confirmed positive, it could not be said that the hospital recorded a case of Lassa fever.
However, in spite of the assurance, an atmosphere of fear enveloped the entire Obafemi Awolowo University community as soon as the news of the doctor’s demise hit the air.
Meanwhile,, the state government added that it had undertaken the construction of new classroom blocks and provision of furniture to the tune of N2.5 billion under the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) scheme.
The state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, assured the residents of the state on the containment of Lassa fever at the 2nd quarterly town hall meeting he addressed at Lagos City Hall, Lagos Island yesterday.
Also present at the town hall meeting were the state Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule, Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Olatunji Bello, Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Oladele Ajomale, members of the state executive council and traditional rulers in the state among others.
Addressing stakeholders of different social status at the meeting, the governor admitted the urgency of containing the spread of Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus.
He explained that the state government was “seriously working to ensure that we contain the spread of Lassa fever, just the same way as we conquered the Ebola virus,” noting that there was no reason to panic.
The governor appealed to all Lagos residents to be vigilant and cooperate with our health officials in the various local government authorities and local council development areas and communities to end the scourge.
He promised that the rehabilitation and re-equipping of the Ayinke House in the Ikeja General Hospital would be completed in the next quarter, which he said, would be of immense help to put out the scourge.
He added that the state government “has stopped the contentious casualisation of medical doctors, who were employed some years ago by regularising their employment status in the state civil service.”
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