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Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde
Ipaye, has said the 20-year-old boy diagnosed with Lassa fever has been
discharged from the isolation centre at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) at
Idi-Aba in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Ipaye, who addressing reporters at the centre in
Abeokuta, said the boy was brought into the state hospital at Ijaye and was
transferred to the isolation centre at FMC at Idi-Aba.
The commissioner said the boy was taken to the
centre with complications, adding that he had 20 per cent chances of survival
because he had serious renal complication, which could have led to his death.
He said: “Having being successfully treated and
fully recovered from the disease, with results of the last two tests carried
out, indicating negative, the boy was free to go home and join his family.”
Ipaye stressed the need for continuous monitoring
of the 106 persons currently being quarantined for having contacts with
suspected patients.
The commissioner said the state’s Department of
Public Health would continue to monitor and guide against any likely
infections.
Ipaye appreciated the management of the FMC and
the Team Leader who is in charge of the isolation centre for the huge success
being recorded in rescuing the index.
He also noted that the centre had been serving the
residents of the state in fulfilment of their primary reason the hospital was
established by the Federal government.
Similarly, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the
centre, Prof. Adewale Musa, confirmed that the index was in critical condition
when he was brought to the FMC, Idi-Aba, with many complications including
renal injury, but now the boy had been recuperated from Lassa fever and is free
to go home.
He urged the residents of the state to make their
health a matter of priority.
