In spite of a life insurance scheme and N60, 000 daily allowances
being offered by the state government, the state is still facing the problem of
shortage of volunteers to help care for the victims of the deadly Ebola Virus
Disease (EVD).
Lagos State Commissioner for Health Dr. Jide Idris, said
they were striving to save the lives of confirmed Ebola cases but their major
challenge in this regard is personnel with requisite expertise, as they continue
calling for volunteers.
"We require experts in different medical fields including
critical care and infectious diseases and these still need to be trained using
the World Health Organisation (WHO) protocol, which may require up to five days
of committed training before such experts can apply their skills safely without
risk to themselves. Our international experts are currently providing this
training on site."
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