Lassa Fever: Bauchi Government To Establish Diagnosis, Isolation Centres

By Chioma Umeha The Bauchi State government has unveiled its plan to establish isolation and diagnosis centres for the treatment of infectious diseases including lassa fever. This was disclosed yesterday by the state Commissioner for health, Dr Halima Mukaddas when he received the delegation of the Community Health Research Initiative led by the Zonal Coordinator, Dr Aminu Magashi on a courtesy call. She said the centres will be established with the support of the federal government in order to manage the outbreak of the infectious disease. “With the support of the Federal Government, we have identified that there is a need for a diagnostic center in the state and the federal government will support us to establish a diagnosis centre. The state government will also establish an isolation centre for all infections diseases so that we will will be able to take proper care of those that are already infected with such communicable and infectious diseases lik