A female student nurse at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FETHI) Ido Ekiti, Ekiti State, at the weekend tested positive for the dreaded Lassa Fever infection.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Olurotimi Ojo, who disclosed the first case of the infection in the state on Monday at the Stakeholders meeting on Lassa Fever, said the patient is currently being isolated at the hospital, while efforts were being made by experts to effect that she survives.
The Commissioner said that he had spoken with the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Lawrence Ayodele, who confirmed that the patient is a student of the Teaching Hospital.
Dr Ojo, who revealed that the disease has been endemic, particularly in Borno State since 1969, said the patient was said to have been treated for Malaria and Typhoid fever with high profile antibiotics, but she did not respond to treatment.
He said the situation had given room for suspicion and further diagnostic steps, where the patient was said to have been tested positive to the disease.
He said, “Over the weekend, the state had confirmed a case of Lassa fever that is being managed at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti. The patient is stable and had commenced treatment.
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