LUTH Denies Ebola Rumours

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba management team has denied rumours that the deadly Ebola virus has brought back its ugly head in the country.

The rumour had surfaced through social media that two foreign nationals, who were taken to LUTH, had died of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) .

“Our attention has been drawn to a malicious piece of information making the rounds on social media, which purported that two foreign nationals brought to LUTH on Sunday, April 12, 2015 died of EVD,”Acting Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Chris Bode, said on Monday.
“This is to swiftly deny any such rumour and inform members of the public that no such event happened.”

“Our professionals at the emergency services, various lines of responders, laboratories and nurses all reported no such cases in our hospital,” the professor of medicine said.

He said that since the virus had been fought out of the country, the hospital had maintained “eternal vigilance and shall continue to observe all precautions to quickly identify any case of the highly infectious disease, in line with international best practices.”

He then told the nation’s citizens to be careful and never let down their guard and always maintain a high standard of hygiene.

The Ebola virus came into Nigeria last year through a Liberian lawyer Patrick Sawyer who came into the country through the Lagos international airport.