Ebola

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Actress and human activist Stella Damasus thinks otherwise.”Kind and beautiful Dr Ameyo Adadevoh stood her ground to protect Nigeria. She refused to allow me sawyer leave first consultants hospital even when the Liberian ambassador pressured her to release him. Imagine what would have happened if she had let him go. ...

Dr. Adadevoh was infected when she forcefully restricted Mr. Sawyer to his bed after he tried to remove the drip administered on him. Observers said, yesterday, that her action probably saved many Nigerian lives because, if Sawyer had succeeded in forcing himself out of the hospital, it would have been ...

I know you already have your reservations against my caption, but you might want to keep them under bucket until you get to the end of this article, just follow closely and let’s review this together. Towards the end of last month a deadly and very contagious disease EVD (EBOLA ...

  Governor�Fashola said in a statement yesterday disputed the stories that patients under quarantine are not well taken care of This address has become necessary to respond to a series of text messages, e-mails and�telephone�calls that I have received in order to reiterate some of what you may already know, ...

The first Ebola patient to be confrimed positive has been discharged in Lagos. The Minster of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu confirmed this saying the patient ,a female doctor now tested negetive .He however did not reveal her name.He also said five of those undergoing treatment have almost recovered. It is ...

On the 14th of August, 25 year old Justina Obioma Ejelonu, a nurse who came in contact with the late Patrick Sawyer,died of Ebola. Her sister spoke to Punch �The day she met the infected Liberian was her first day at work at that hospital. She just got that job. ...

An experimental drug developed by a Nigerian in diaspora for the�treatment of Ebola is expected to�arrive the country today, the Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. � The drug, called �Nanosilver”, has been approved for use�by the�World Health Organization (WHO) as an experimental treatment ethical in the case of ...

Aliko Dangote has donated N150million to help in the fight of the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Foundation, Mrs Adhiambo Odaga announced this at a media briefing at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Monday. She said the money will be ...

A doctor who attended to late Patrick Sawyer at the First Consultant Hospital has been confirmed positive with the Ebola virus. Speaking at a news conference today, the Nigerian Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said the doctor is currently undergoing treatment at the quarantine centre in Lagos. Prof Onyebuchi ...

It is not always bad news. I thought I should share this so we know there is chances of survival and there are people who survived the virus. 22 months old Isata from Sierra Leone is the youngest patient to recover from Ebola virus – this implies that there are ...

Liberia’s deputy finance minister, Sebastian Muah Omar, has been criticised for approving Patrick Sawyer’s trip to Nigeria,despite health officials placing him on Ebola danger list . In a heated conversation on Facebook as tracked by ‘concerned Liberians.org’ ,Omar defended his action harshly . This happened when the news just came ...

25year old Justina Obi Ejelonu, who attended to late Liberian Patrick Sawyer while he was ill at the First Consultant hospital in Lagos, has died. According to Sahara reporters, her relatives called to inform them of her demise in the early hours of today. Ms. Ejelonu had been kept in ...

Mrs Decontee Sawyerr, widow of Late Patrick Sawyerr, the Liberian man who came into Nigeria with the deadly Ebola virus, has said her sick husband risked all to come to Nigeria because he believed so much in the health system here & wanted to be properly diagnosed and treated. She ...

To prevent being infected with the deadly Ebola virus, two people in Makurdi, Benue who believed salt could help prevent contracting the virus have been confirmed dead. Dr Joseph Kumba, Director, Public Health in the Ministry of Health and Human Services confirmed the report. �We got the report at a ...

One of the nurses who had previously had contact with the Liberian Ebola patient Patrick Sawyer, fled her quarantine center in Lagos and returned to her home in Enugu, exposing about 20 people who she came in contact with to the deadly virus. Information Minister Labaran Makuwho disclosed this said ...

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Patience Jonathan on arrival at the Gdansk Walesa International Airport on Wednesday 13th August 2014, was pictured greeting officials and aides at a respectable distance with a palm-rubbing acknowledgement. It is being referred as the new way to greet as a ...

An Australian man Andrew Sayer who resides in Melbourne is presently searching for a Nigerian friend Oghenekohwo whom he fears may have contracted the deadly Ebola virus. The Australian made the disclosure on Twitter hours ago and the tweets have since gone viral. According to him, this ‘Nigerian’ friend of ...

The National Health Research Ethics Committee, Nigeria, has approved the use of an experimental Ebola drug, Zmapp, for treatment of patients infected with the virus. The committee, which composed research scientists, is a national body under the Federal Ministry of Health. The endorsement is contained in a statement issued to ...

In curtailing the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, some private hospitals in Lagos have allegedly stated chasing out patients with fever. The few ones that accept the patients allegedly compel them to wash their hands and apply sanitizers before proceeding into their building. The guys at the News Agency ...