Four more patients, who had been undergoing treatment for
the Ebola virus disease, were today discharged from the Lagos treatment centre,
after they had been certified free of the disease.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, who
disclosed this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and
Communication, Mr. Dan Nwomeh, said those discharged included three medical
personnel and a female patient.
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| Onyebuchi Chukwu |
He said the medical personnel included two male medical
doctors and one female nurse. The three medical personnel were said to have
participated in the treatment of the index case (the Liberian, Patrick Sawyer,
who was the first person to die of the disease), while the fourth person was a
female patient at the time the index case was on admission.
According to the statement, “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.”
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