Anxiety in Edo community as man dies of suspected Ebola symptoms: BENIN CITY-THERE was anxiety at Udo community in Orhiomwon Local Government Council of Edo state, following the death of a middle aged man whom some section of the community alleged that he died of the dreaded Ebola Virus last Sunday. But some people in the village claimed that the deceased was an epileptic patient and had died after an attack and an Ebola victim. However, Vanguard learnt that the officials of the Ministry of Health in the state, ran to the community which is about one hour drive from Benin City, to collect the blood sample of the deceased with a view to ascertain the actual cause of death. Vanguard was informed that pandemonium broke out when some villagers observed blood in some parts of the body of the deceased and foam, fearing that he could be suffering from the Ebola virus, the villagers covered their hands with cloths and bundled the sick body into an empty bus and ordered the driver to take the man to a hospital. But the driver who equally became scared that he might be infect if actually the patient was suffering from the Ebola virus disease, refused to drive to the hospital and decided to bring down the sick body from his bus. It was during the entire drama that the man gave up the ghost forcing members of the community to flee their homes... Read more>>>primechronicle/?p=11536
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:27:11 +0000
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