Ibrahim Oshafu, a medical personnel at Dalhatu Specialist
Hospital (DASH), Lafia, Nasarawa State has been confirmed dead after contact
with an infected Lassa fever patient. The late medical personnel who has since
been buried was among members of the DASH rescue team, the facility being the
only specialist hospital owned by the state.
Following Oshafu’s demise, other medical personnel from DASH
have decided to join the ongoing strike action, a decision which has left the
state grounded, the herald reports.
Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, Dalhatu Specialist
Hospital, Dr. Edego Egba confirmed the decision to join the ongoing strike
action.
The death of the medical doctor brings the total number of
recorded deaths from Lassa Fever to two.
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