The Federal Government has issued a Certification of Decontamination
to First Consultants Medical Centre, the hospital in Lagos which
treated Nigeria's Ebola index case, Patrick Sawyer. They have also
been given the permission to re-open for business.
In two letters from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and
the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, both parties
notified First Consultants that it had been cleared to reopen for
business, having undergone three rounds of state-certified
decontamination processes.
The Lagos State Government also commiserated with the hospital over
the loss of its medical personnel, "who died in the line of duty" and
expressed its appreciation for the altruistic role it played in
containing and managing the Ebola virus, "thus preventing an epidemic.
"The Ministry is in receipt of a letter dated August 29, 2014, from
the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Ebola Emergency Centre, Lagos,
informing that your facility has had three rounds of state-certified
decontamination process.
"The Ministry acknowledges the role your facility played in alerting
the State Government of the index case of the Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD) and appreciates your altruistic gestures in containing and
managing this dealy virus, thus preventing an epidemic.
"We also commiserate with you on your members of staff who died in the
line of duty.
"First Consultants has now been cleared to reopen for business. We
hope that with this reopening, your facility will continue to maintain
its high quality of standards", the statement said
First Consultants was shut down and quarantined by the Federal
Government on July 26 in line with the World Health Organisation's
(WHO) protocol on the virus, following the death of Sawyer at the
hospital on July 25.
The hospital lost a number of its health care workers to the Ebola
outbreak, including its Senior Consultant Physician and
Endocrinologist, Dr. A. S. Adadevoh.
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