RIP Doctor: How Lassa fever killed Dr. Njamala in Porthacourt. .

RIP Doctor: How Lassa fever killed Dr. Njamala in Porthacourt.
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A medical Doctor, Ehivai Njamala died from the
deadly viral disease, Lassa Fever in Rivers state yesterday. The disease, which is fast growing into
an epidemic in Nigeria, killed the doctor who is
resident at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist
Hospital (BMSH), Port Harcourt, the Rivers state
capital.

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According to the Chairman of the Nigeria Medical
Association (NMA) in the state, Dr. Duro Green, the
deceased contracted the disease while treating some
patients with the virus at the Disease Control unit in
the hospital.
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Dr Njamala will be the third person to have died
from the viral disease since it broke out in the state
in December 2015. Lassa fever is a deadly viral
disease that is spread by infected rats. Its spread can
be stopped by keeping a rodent-free environment
and maintaining proper hygiene.