stating that many of them are being evicted or fired after being given
a clean bill of health.The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris,
said on Tuesday during a press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, that...
"The social problem being faced by discharged cases has been reported
to the government.This ranges from stigmatisation, eviction from their
accommodation, being asked to stay away from work and termination of
employment.We have had cases of employers just terminating the
employment of their workers who were just mere contacts, not even
suspected cases.
We believe this is unfair and we feel this impedes on their
fundamental human rights.
"Now, the Ministry of Justice will take the matter up. Anybody,
whether a discharged patient or a contact followed up, who feels
stigmatised, can petition the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney
General of Lagos State and the government will take that matter up on
their behalf."
Stigmatisation will reverse the gains so far made in the containment
and management of this outbreak. People who come down with Ebola may
not come out and this may jeopardise not only their lives, but their
family members and other people they come in contact with.
That's why it is essential that people should stop that.
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