Lassa Fever kills NYSC member and assistant nursing officer in Ogun State

Activities at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, were paralysed on Tuesday as medical personnel and patients deserted the hospital due to fear of Lassa fever which claimed two lives in the hospital.

The victims were an assistant nursing officer, Abolanle Adesuyi, and a serving corps member. The resurgence of the viral disease came barely four months after the state government declared the state Lassa fever free.
The late corps member was said to be a patient who had been down with the viral disease and had been admitted into the FMC, Abeokuta. Adesuyi was said to have attended to the corps member, from who she contacted the virus.
Two others – a doctor and a nurse – are currently being monitored at the intensive care unit of the FHC, Idi-Aba, over the virus.
As soon the news of the nature of the death of the assistant nursing officer got to the hospital, many medical personnel in the department deserted the place. Some patients in the hospital were also said to have pleaded to be discharged for fear of Lassa fever.