By Ike Uchechukwu
CALABAR—A 22-year-old lady, Christabel Itodo, became the first confirmed case of Lassa Fever casualty recorded in Cross River State, having died from the disease on Monday.
The lady was reportedly married to a soldier based in Calabar before being posted to Maiduguri and then returned to Calabar, when she became ill.
This was disclosed by the Chief Medical Director, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Professor Thomas Agan, yesterday.
His words: “The woman was married to a soldier, who was in Calabar but later posted to Maidugri. But she came back to Calabar. When the illness started, she was taken to Eburutu Barracks Clinic, where she was later transferred to Navy Clinic, before she was brought here when her organs were failing.
“I got an SMS from one of my deputies, Sunday night, that there was a case which lasted for about 12 hours before the patient gave up. The case was not a primary case of UCTH; we only tried to manage the kidney failure, which had occurred after she was brought from Navy Hospital and when all her system collapsed she gave up.
“The Federal Ministry of Health has been informed the Cross River State Government and Centre for Disease Control. Also, the specimen that was sent out came back to prove that it was Lassa Fever and this is the first case ever to be recorded in the state.”
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