Annobar zazzabin Lassa a Najeriya ta yi sanadin mutuwar mutane 146 daga cikin mutane 582 da aka tabbatar sun kamu da cutar, yayin da ma’aikatan lafiya ke kara fuskantar hadari.
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) ta tabbatar da cewa ma’aikatan lafiya 37 sun kamu da cutar, ciki har da likitoci uku da suka rasu.
Haka kuma, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) ta bayyana cewa mambobinta 25 sun kamu da cutar, inda mutum daya ya rasu.
Shugaban NMA, Bala Audu, ya ce cutar zazzabin Lassa na yawan bayyana ne a kasar daga watan Oktoba zuwa farkon watannin shekara.
“Yawan kamuwa da cutar ya ragu a cikin shekaru uku zuwa hudu da suka gabata, amma a wannan shekarar ya sake karuwa,” in ji shi.
Ya gargadi cewa tasirin cutar ga ma’aikatan lafiya yana da tsanani, yana mai jaddada muhimmancin amfani da kayan kariya yadda ya kamata.
Audu ya kuma nuna damuwa kan gibin da ake da shi wajen bin ka’idoji da kuma karancin kayan kariya a wasu wuraren aiki.
“Kowane asibiti dole ne ya samar da kayan kariya tare da tabbatar da ana amfani da su. A wasu lokuta, ba a da wadannan kayayyaki, hakan na tilasta wa ma’aikatan lafiya kula da marasa lafiya cikin hadari,” in ji shi.
Sakataren Kasa na NARD, Shuaibu Ibrahim, ya nuna rashin jin dadinsa kan yadda ba a koyi darasi sosai daga bullar cututtuka a baya ba.
“Ba mu gamsu da kokarin gwamnati wajen kare ma’aikatan lafiya ba. Muna ganin gwamnati ta yi kasa da tsammani, domin ya kamata a ce an wuce wannan mataki zuwa yanzu,” in ji shi.
Bayanan Nigeria Centre for Disease Control sun nuna cewa Jihar Taraba ce ta fi yawan mace-mace da mutum 40, sai Ondo (31), Bauchi (25), Plateau da Benue (11 kowanne), Edo (9), da Nasarawa (3). Jihohi sun kara kaimi wajen sanya ido da tsaftace muhalli domin dakile yaduwar cutar.
A Jihar Ondo, jami’ai sun tabbatar da mutuwar sama da mutane 20, inda yawancin marasa lafiya ke samun kulawa a asibitocin FMC Owo da Akure.
A Jihar Benue kuwa, Kwamishinan Lafiya, Paul Ogwuche, ya ce an samu mutane 400 da ake zargi da cutar, 55 an tabbatar, yayin da mutane 14 suka mutu, ciki har da likitoci biyu, nas-nas biyu, da wani ma’aikacin daukar marasa lafiya.
“Wannan na nuna cewa ana samun yaduwar cutar daga mutum zuwa mutum, kuma gibin yana cikin rashin bin ka’idojin kariya daga kamuwa da cuta,” in ji shi.
Masana lafiya sun yi gargadin cewa idan ba a kara daukar matakan gaggawa ba—kamar inganta sanya ido, killace masu cutar cikin lokaci, da samar da isassun kayan kariya ga ma’aikatan gaba—annobar na iya kara muni.
“Wannan ba wai kawai batun alkaluma ba ne; batun kare wadanda ke kare mu ne,” in ji Audu.
