The management of Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, has dismissed reports of an alleged outbreak of Lassa fever in the facility.
The Acting Medical Director and Head Clinical Services, Dr Chidi Nnabuchi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja that the rumour was not true.
Nnabuchi also said the rumoured death of a doctor and two nurses of the hospital as a result of Lassa fever was untrue.
“There is no case of Lassa fever in the hospital and there has never been any case since this outbreak and previous one.
“I do not know where such report emanated from.
“I also heard a report that one doctor and two nurses died in the hospital. All our doctors and nurses are hale and healthy.
“We do not have anybody in Asokoro hospital that has Lassa fever and there is nobody on surveillance for the virus,”
Nnabuchi, however, advised the media and other members of the public to stop peddling dangerous information.
He enjoined newsmen to always verify information before circulation or publication.
According to him, the hospital is open, functional and safe.
He assured the general public of their safety, adding that the hospital does not have any patient that could scare anybody.
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