The Lagos State Government has declared its resolve not to use any drug other than the American ZMAPP for the Ebola patients in its custody.
The Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide idris, disclosed this to a source yesterday.
As at yesterday, it was still sketchy if the drug has arrived the shores of Nigeria.
Dr Idris said another drug, Nano Silver, being suggested by the Federal Government by a Nigerian scientist is a natural health product and “the state is not ready to take chances with the health of the patients at all.
“Should we have access to ZMAPP now, right away, we will start the administration on the patients.
“We are attending a meeting soon with the Task Force on Ebola to know if the ZMAPP drug is available as stated by the Federal government,”Idris said.
There was confusion at press time as to whether the Nano Silver drug, which the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said was expected to arrive Nigeria on Thursday actually arrived as scheduled.
Findings by our correspondent yesterday showed that the country was yet to take delivery of the drugs.
It was gathered that the only thing that the country had received were personal protective equipment and some personnel who are in the country to train Nigerian health workers.
The country, it was gathered, was still expecting the drugs, which might come in any time next week.
Meanwhile, Idris disclosed yesterday that First Consultant Hospital where the first case of EVD occurred would be reopened soon.
This, he said, followed the mandatory three rounds of state certified decontamination process.
He said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Clinic, was shut after the detection of a confirmed case of the disease at the facility.
He said the state would facilitate the decontamination process of the clinic, adding: “25 patients and health workers at the facility when the case was detected are presently under surveillance.”. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This is one of d problems of Africa,Nigeria and those who have decided to be under US voodoo.If d NANO was to hav been recommended bh US,will Fashola not accept it.His rejection of d NANO drug is an obscurantist nonsence
ReplyDeleteYou can donate or volunteer and be used for the trial.It is the attitude of some Nigerian professions that make people not to have trust in their services.Just imagine the actions of the so called resident doctors and you know why people will always depend and trust American other professional developments more.Some American doctors are volunteering to come to Nigeria while ours who are paid with tax payers are going to nocturnal meeting in furtherance of their baseless activism and politics. They can only do this in Nigeria because in the land of the blind,one eyed man is king.Make they carry their useless shakara go front. Government has done well to sack them.Is it by force to work for government. If the doctors feel they are too much let them go to Eurrope ,Asia and America and look for better offer let us know how far.Is it not some of these doctors that can not handle simple complicated malaria and who carry iPad to look before making that their trial and error diagnosis. If they feel that their condition of service is not good let them simply resign.It is what is obtainable in civilized societies than to engage in foolish , useless and heartless activism.
DeleteIf the nano silver drug isnt administered, the patients may die anyway. So its better to die trying than to die not trying. Nano silver is a dietary supplement, yes, but it has been used for centuries, and it has been confirmed that nano silver has been able to destroy even the world's deadliest virus. The US of A has declined nigeria's pleas for the ZMapp serum. We therefore have to use what is within our reach. The nano silver taken at a dose of 10ppm is very healthy. The pharmaceutical and tobacco company are the two most profitable and notorius industries in the world. They would do ANYTHING to keep their income coming, just as they intentionally introduced SARS in china, just to make billions of dollars from sales of medications and PPE's. Nano silver is a very viable option to combact ebola. Its better to try and do not get a positive result, than not to try and forever live with the guilt of not trying!
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