A woman who reportedly visited the same hospital where a Liberian Health official, Patrick Sawyer was diagnosed with Ebola Virus disease last month had forced the Ministry of health to shut down the NNPC hospital at Muri Okunola area of Victoria Island today.
The woman who had her baby at First Consultant hospital before Sawyer was admitted but had to take her baby back because of a fever same time sawyer reported serious symptoms has also been diagnosed of Ebola infection at the NNPC clinic Lagos.
After first consultant hospital was shut by government after Sawyer's death. She presented herself at the NNPC clinic a few days ago with 41 degrees fever, she lied about being anywhere near First consultant hospital after delivery until a nurse on routine visit confirmed her presence there during the period. This nursing mother has 3 other children. Like others discharged from FC when it was shut, she had interacted with other patients and medical personnel at another hospital before visiting NNPC clinic where she was diagnosed today.
According to Health Minister, Onyebuchi, the clinic located at Muri Okunola area of Victoria Island admitted a patient with symptoms of EVD and Ministry of Health was contacted.
This was made known by Onyebuchi during a courtesy visit to Governor Fashola at the State House in Ikeja. He said the affected clinic had been shut down.
“The situation is still under investigation and by tomorrow, the result will be out. We need to confirm that. Normally, once someone has been managed and there is a suspicion, there are precautions that will be taken.
“We want to decontaminate and when you are decontaminating, like what we did to First Consultant Medical Centre, you close to enable you to go in, decontaminate it and reopen. So, we are going to decontaminate and reopen the place, so, it is temporary closed,” he said.
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