NNPC SHUTS DOWN CLINIC IN LAGOS OVER SUSPECTED PATIENT WITH EBOLA VIRUS

 There was panic in Victoria Island today after a suspected Ebola patient was found to be admitted at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC clinic on Muri Okunola.

The patient was said to have first been admitted at First Consultant Medical Centre around the same time Liberian Patrick Sawyer was being treated at the clinic. Men suited in white safety clothing and an ambulance were seen at the hospital around one 1pm today.
However, the NNPC issued a statement, saying that the clinic was shut down over suspected case of Ebola virus.
The statement issued by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ohi Alegbe disclosed that a patient admitted in the hospital was suspected to have traces of Ebola, which led to the closure of the hospital.
“The management of the NNPC has announced the indefinite shutdown of its clinic in the Muri Okunola area of Victoria Island, Lagos, following a suspected case of Ebola virus on admission at the clinic. It was discovered that the patient visited the First Consultant Medical Centre during the period the first Ebola case was reported at that clinic,” NNPC said in the statement, adding that people that had contact with the patient were being traced.

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