The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has advised doctors and nurses in the country to demand for protective equipment before treating Ebola patients.
The advice was contained in a statement today by the Secretary-General of the NMA, Dr. Adewunmi Alayaki. The statement noted that doctors, nurses and other health workers in the frontline of caring for patients have been falling victims of the disease.
“Government at all levels, chief medical directors/medical directors and proprietors of private hospitals are hereby reminded that this is not the time to subject doctors and nurses, and indeed other health workers, to unnecessary hazards,” it said.
It added that it would not be out of place for government to institute a well packaged life insurance policy for all health workers, particularly all those involved in this battle against Ebola and other viral haemorrhagic diseases.
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