Sango-Ota (Ogun) – Dr Tunde Banuso, a former Chief Medical Director, State Hospital, Ota, Ogun, has advised the Federal Government to establish well equipped medical centres in various hospitals across the country. Banuso, who gave the advice in Ota on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that such centres would be useful in checking the spread of Lassa fever. He explained that the establishment of effective centres across the country would deal with diagnosis of Lassa fever and reduce the widespread of the deadly disease among the people. Banuso said that the Ministry of Health must intensify its efforts in enlightening the general public on how to curb the spread of Lassa fever.
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“The Federal Government and all levels of government need to sanitise the people more as part of control measures to address the spread of the disease,“ he said. He, however, implored Nigerians to keep their environment clean as well as keep all their foodstuffs away from rats to check the menace of the scourge. The former chief medical director added that people should be willing to report anybody with the symptom of Lassa fever to the nearest medical centre to reduce the number of casualties in the country. NAN reports that no fewer than 70 people had been killed by Lassa fever in 17 states since its outbreak in the country. (NAN)
