The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi–Araba, has discharged a 25-year- old student who tested positive to Lassa fever after receiving treatment at the hospital.
According to a statement by the LUTH management in Lagos on Friday, the student has recovered from the disease.
The student was the first person to have been diagnosed of Lassa fever in Lagos in January.
It stated , “LUTH is one of the first hospitals in the South West that has successfully admitted, managed and discharged a Lassa fever patient, in this current outbreak.
“We mobilised a team of specialists including nurses, virologists and medical microbiologists and the patient was managed, in an Isolation Centre with other drugs and adequate infection control measures put in place. These included contact tracing and monitoring.
“It is gladdening to note that the patient has fully recovered and has been discharged having tested negative for Lassa virus.”
The hospitals’ management commended the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, the National Centre for Disease Control, Abuja and the Lagos State Government for their quick intervention when the patient was first diagnosed of the disease at the hospital.
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