Activities at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, on Tuesday ceased as medical personnel and patients deserted the hospital after Lassa Fever claimed two lives in the hospital.
The victims were an assistant nursing officer, Abolanle Adesuyi and a serving corps member, 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.
The resurgence of the viral disease known as Lassa Hemorrhagic fever came barely four months after the state government declared the state Lassa fever free.
Adesuyi was said to have attended to the corps member, from whom she contacted the virus.
Apparently startled by the death of the two, the hospital management carried out a test at the University College Hospital, Ibadan to determine the cause of death and the result received on Tuesday confirmed that the victims died of Lassa Fever.
Many medical personnel in the department deserted the place immediately the news of the cause of the death of the the assistant nursing officer was received at the hospital. However, some patients requested to be discharged.
A doctor and a nurse were reportedly being monitored currently at the intensive care unit of the hospital over the virus.
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