Troubling
reports today claim that a passenger due to fly out to Accra from
Murtala Muhammed International Airport today collapsed and died at the
arrival hall. With fear surrounding the recent Ebola outbreak,
passengers and staff panicked at the development, many even fleeing the
scene. However, the deceased was tested for the Ebola virus, and was
negative.
The
middle-aged man, Mr. Akunne Osei, was alleged to have been going to
Ghana for a medical appointment, after falling ill in Nigeria this past
weekend. It noted that the deceased was tested for the Ebola virus and
the result later came in negative.
A statement released the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria following the sudden tragedy read:
“FAAN wishes to inform the public that a Nigerian passenger residing in Accra who arrived Lagos for business transactions aboard an Arik Air flight on Friday August 8, 2014 has died at the Murtala Mohammad Airport, Ikeja on his way back to Accra."“The passenger, Osei, took ill on Saturday August 9 and started stooling. When the situation got worse, he called his doctor in Accra who instructed him to return to Ghana immediately for further treatment. During boarding formalities for his return trip to Accra, at the international terminal of MMA, Osei, who had obviously become weak at this time, was subjected to Ebola Virus test by port health officials, the result of which was negative. No further attention was paid to him after his Ebola Virus result read negative but the passenger later slumped and died around the port health office.”
Meanwhile,
last week, LASG (Lagos State Government) announced that it has
completed an isolation treatment center for victims of the deadly Ebola
virus. The center located behind mainland hospital in Yaba is fully
functional. 10 people infected with Ebola virus are currently being
treated there. A nurse who attended to late Patrick Sawyer died there
last week.
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