Doctors, nurses, medical personnel and patients at the Osun Teaching hospital, scampered for safety as a doctor reportedly died of the deadly contagious viral Lassa fever.
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital workers in Ile-Ife, Osun State, reportedly fled the facility on Monday after a resident doctor died of suspected Lassa fever.
According to reports, Doctors, nurses, medical personnel and patients at the Emergency Unit of the hospital, where the doctor died, hurriedly vacated the unit apparently for fear of being victims of the highly contagious viral disease.
A source at the hospital said on Tuesday that the resident doctor died after vomiting blood within the hospital premises, sparking panic in the hospital.
A medical doctor in the hospital who preferred anonymity confirmed that the doctor had visited Ekiti State before arriving Ile-Ife on Monday. But the authorities of OAUTHC have debunked insinuations that the doctor died as a result of Lassa fever disease virus.
Prof. Adedeji Onayade, the chairman, OAUTHC on Lassa fever, confirmed the death of the resident doctor, but said the fact that the doctor bled to death could not be taken that he died of the deadly virus.
He said blood sample of the late doctor had been obtained and sent to the federal government for confirmation, adding 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.
Source: Premium Times
