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The Medical Director (MD) of El-Comfort Hospital, Dr. Ifeanyi Ben Ajufoh said since the hospital has been declared and certified by the Delta State Ministry of Health and National Centre for Disease and Control, the hospital has been experiencing increased patronage on the part of the patients.

According to Ifeanyi Ajufoh, during a press briefing held in his office in Asaba, noted that it was on record that in January 2016 a woman came from Anambra State to a private hospital in Asaba for treatment, with no improvement in her health, she was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Asaba, where she died of Lassa Fever, adding that the hospital and Doctors that attended to her were not made spectacles or objects of lies by rumour mongers.

However, it was gathered that this was not the first time Lassa fever was reported in Delta State but several cases have been reported across the country.

Dr. Ajufoh further stated that till date no other person has shown sign of the infection in Delta State but stated categorically that the management of El-Comfort hospital maintained that the index case of late Dr. Okeke who was rushed into his hospital within hours was referred to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, which was the nearest tertiary hospital with intensive care unit facility.

According to him, at the teaching hospital, the late Dr. Okeke manifested symptoms which were suggestive of Lassa Fever, necessitating his blood testing at Specialist Virology Laboratory, Iruah, Edo State where Lassa Fever was confirmed and he died at the NAUTH.

Investigations further revealed that the Delta State Ministry of Health through the state Epidemiologist and disease surveillance officer immediately activated the WHO Lassa Fever containment and management protocol, thus fumigating and decontaminating all facilities that hosted him (Dr. Okeke).

According to sources until his death, Dr. Okeke lived and practiced as a medical Doctor in Asaba for over 10 years.

It was gathered that after the 21 days requirement of the surveillance on exposed persons, El-Comfort Hospital has not experience any case of death or infection of Doctors, Nurses and staff of the noble hospital.

However, Dr. Ifeanyi Ben Ajufoh appealed to the federal government to make the bailout funds for the health sector in the country available to enable them carry out their medical jobs effectively, stressing that health care is not something that is cheap anywhere in the world which should be given attention.

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