LASSA FEVER KILLS 3 ARMY HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES
A suspected outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever (Lassa fever) has claimed the lives of three staff members of 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna. The revelation is contained in a letter by the Acting Commander Nigerian Army Medical Corps copied to all Nigerian Army healthcare facilities. The letter indicates that staff members were involved in the management of a patient thought to have been the index patient with the febrile illness 10 days ago. The patient also died from the […]