Ejigbo LCDA combatting TB – Dr. Agosu
Ejigbo LCDA combatting TB – Dr. Agosu
By Motolani AbdulGafar
The Medical Health Officer (MOH), Ejigbo LCDA, Dr Adewale Agosu, has said that the Covid-19 pandemic has not stopped the council from treating Tuberculosis, stating that there are enough healthcare workers attending to the persons living with the disease.
He emphasised that the healthcare workers are not relaxing in the treatment of tuberculosis despite the constraint experienced while preventing coronavirus.
Dr Agosu made this known while commenting on the World Tuberculosis Day celebrated recently in an exclusive interview with ECHONEWS.
He explained that the government’s sharing task and shifting strategy have helped in training medical experts that are proficient in treating the disease without delay in the treatment of Covid-19, maintaining that there are available officials for Tuberculosis treatment too.
“Tuberculosis is an airborne disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that has in recent years been cured except in rare cases of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
“With the guidelines of WHO, one of the precautions put in place by the government aside from providing free drugs is to train other healthcare workers that are not tuberculosis experts in order to synergize in saving lives.”
He advised residents to be wary of excessive coughing, drenching sweat, loss of weight which could be symptoms of Tuberculosis.
He urged the residents to visit a medical centre when they notice pain in the chest, chronic and/or bloody cough, fatigue, fever, loss of appetite as all these could be symptoms of the disease when contacted.
He said the World Tuberculosis Day celebration was to reawaken the government and other stakeholders in the health sector to speed up the treatment and create awareness “as there is no much time to waste once a patient becomes infected.”
He further disclosed that government has also provided a checklist where all patients are tested for free whenever they visit health centers.
