Two persons were confirmed d3ad and five were hospitalised due to cholera in Badagry
The Medical Director of the General Hospital, Badagry, Olatunde Bakare, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that victims were brought to the hospital by some officials of the Correctional Centre in the town.
NAN reports that health authorities declared a cholera outbreak in Lagos on 15 June when 436 suspected cases were reported.
Mr Bakare said that six inmates of the centre were brought to the hospital on 9 July, at about 7.00.p.m.
According to him, one of the inmates was brought in d3ad while the other d!ed the following morning in the hospital.
“The laboratory test confirmed that they had the disease and they were hospitalised at the emergency axis of the hospital.
“Another inmate was brought in the following day, making five patients receiving treatment now,” he said.
Mr Bakare added that one of the patients had been treated and discharged from the hospital.
He said that there was a prompt response by the Lagos State Ministry of Health to the centre.
“The ministry has sent in monitoring teams of doctors and environmental service officers to the prison and the General Hospital, Badagry with necessary drugs.
“They brought intravenous fluids and consumables together with environmental improvement and water treatment measures.
NAN
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