Following rumors that people should bath with salt water AND
drink same for the prevention of Ebola, three people have died after observing
the exercise in Bauchi State.
The Guardian learn that an aged man in Misau local council
and two other adults in Bigi and Gudum Sayawa, a suburb in Bauchi suspected to
have hypertension also lost their lives to the unhealthy practice.
An eye witnessed told our correspondent that Mr. Paul Bigi,
74, drank more than two cup of salt and rob some on his body after bathing with
the salt water, as he was directed by his children, adding that "it was
less than one hour when Baba started watery stool non-stop and he died in the
morning around 7am".
While in Gumdum
Sayawa, The Guardian gathered that one Mr John Ayuba used one bag of
salt in one drum of water for bathing and one bag of salt in one drum of water
for drinking because he has a large number of people living in his house and
subsequently died of diarrhea and vomiting, a family source said.
Also in Gudum Sayawa, a pregnant woman, Mrs. Hanatu Kushi,
was reported to have a miscarriage after taking the solution and she is
currently being treated at the ATBUTH .
When contacted the Bauchi State Commissioner for health Dr.
Abubakar Sani Malami, dispelled outbreak of Ebola in the state, saying the
rumour was to create unnecessary panic.
He advised the citizens to remain calm but be vigilant and
report suspected cases of severe fever to the nearest health facility, assuring
that adequate measures had been put in place to treat infected persons.
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