Ebola Isolation center in Lagos after undergoing treatment for the
deadly disease. The four patients include two male doctors, the nurse
who had earlier escaped from the isolation center and ran to Enugu and
a female patient who was on admission at the time Patrick Sawyer was
hospitalized at the First Consultant Hospital.
The news of their discharge was disclosed in a statement released
today by the Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu and signed by
hishis Special Assistant on Media and Communication,Mr. Dan Nwomeh.
Read parts of the statement after the cut...
"The Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has announced that four
additional confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease who have been
managed successfully and are now disease free have been discharged
home today.They include two male medical doctors and one female nurse.
The three participated in the treatment of the index case while the
fourth person was a female patient at the time the index case was on
admission.This brings to five the total number of patients diagnosed
with Ebola Virus Disease who have now been discharged from
hospital."On Saturday August 16th, the Health Minister announced that
the first Nigerian to be diagnosed of EVD, a female doctor, had been
discharged after she was treated and certified cured.
The Minister also stated that the total number of cases of the Ebola
Virus Disease in Nigeria remained at 12 while the number of deaths
from the disease was four and that the number of people under
surveillance in Lagos is 189 while in Enugu is 6.
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