is confident that the Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria will be taken
care of.
Professor Chukwu, who led a delegation from the Ministry of Health to
Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday to ascertain the
level of work done by the Ebola response team in the state, said that
doctors were assisting Ebola virus patients by replacing their lost
fluid to get well .
"The electrolyte you have lost is replaced. We need to ensure that if
you need blood, we give you blood transfusion. Ebola virus can be
managed, it is not a death sentence," Professor Chukwu said.'
Chukwu added, however, that the virus does not have a specific drug
yet and that many diseases were like that.
"We have not been able to get a reliable vaccine. So, all the vaccines
are going through clinical trials.
"Hopefully, we will get one soon. But, for now, we don't have, but we
do manage," he said.
Received by members of the Ebola response team in the state led by the
Commissioner of Health, Samson Parker, the Minister's first assignment
was to visit the treatment centre at Oduha, Emohua Local Government
Area, before proceeding to the National Disease Control Centre in the
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in Choba to take a look
at the mobile testing laboratory centre where blood samples could be
tested for the virus.
He said what he saw was of world class standard.
The Minister confirmed that it was just one case of Ebola virus
patient that was in the treatment centre in Rivers State, who is the
sister of the late doctor.
He further stated that 18 cases of the disease were registered in the
country so far, eight of which have been discharged
"The government is on top of the situation and we will do our best to
make sure that we stamp out the disease," he said.
"Ebola is not a death sentence and can be managed." That is the
message the Ministry of Health in Rivers State and the Federal
Government hope will get to Nigerians, as the fight against the virus
intensifies.
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