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Families of victims infected with the Ebola Virus disease and currently being held at Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, Lagos are complaining bitterly about the state of the facility; PUNCH reported.
Other than the state of the facilities, the relatives believe their loved ones are not getting the adequate care they deserve.
"Go there yourself and witness firsthand the condition under which they are being taken care of,” One Dr. Helen Boyo-Ekwueme dared news corespondents.
Speaking further she said, "We are not fighting anybody. We are simply giving voice to the voiceless. Those people in isolation at the IDH cannot voice out these concerns. Let them have basic treatment. It shouldn’t be as if we just stood there and abandon them and watch them die one by one.
On the female medical doctor and other health practitioners who got infected with the Ebola Virus disease in the line of duty, Dr Boyo-Ekwueme said, "They are human beings. That female doctor is a patriotic Nigerian and she needs to be helped. You people (journalists) should go there and see the surroundings where they are being treated. You would wonder if these are human beings who still have relatives. They are just being left on their own. Nobody is counselling them. They are just there as if they have been forgotten. We should remember that they didn’t ask to contract Ebola and it can happen to anybody. We are appealing for international help for these health workers.
Other medical practitioners who spoke to newsmen also voiced the same complains.
#Ebola #Lagos #IDH
Other than the state of the facilities, the relatives believe their loved ones are not getting the adequate care they deserve.
"Go there yourself and witness firsthand the condition under which they are being taken care of,” One Dr. Helen Boyo-Ekwueme dared news corespondents.
Speaking further she said, "We are not fighting anybody. We are simply giving voice to the voiceless. Those people in isolation at the IDH cannot voice out these concerns. Let them have basic treatment. It shouldn’t be as if we just stood there and abandon them and watch them die one by one.
On the female medical doctor and other health practitioners who got infected with the Ebola Virus disease in the line of duty, Dr Boyo-Ekwueme said, "They are human beings. That female doctor is a patriotic Nigerian and she needs to be helped. You people (journalists) should go there and see the surroundings where they are being treated. You would wonder if these are human beings who still have relatives. They are just being left on their own. Nobody is counselling them. They are just there as if they have been forgotten. We should remember that they didn’t ask to contract Ebola and it can happen to anybody. We are appealing for international help for these health workers.
Other medical practitioners who spoke to newsmen also voiced the same complains.
#Ebola #Lagos #IDH