LG Shutdown Queen’s College indefinitely.


The Lagos State Government has advised that the Queen’s College, Yaba, be shut down indefinitely for a proper treatment of the water system in the school.


The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who disclosed this in Lagos while briefing the press on the outcome of the investigation into the deaths, advised that the school resumption should be delayed till appropriate measures are put in place  to remove sources of contaminants causing ill health and deaths of students.

“We wish to advise that the school resumption be delayed till appropriate measures have been put in place for the safety of the students,” he noted, even as he recommended urgent need for water disinfection and sterilization of all water points in the school.

According to Idris, water samples from 16 sources in the school premises were collected and analysed at Drug Quality Control Laboratory of the Lagos State Ministry of Health at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, and the Microbiology Department of LUTH, Idi-Araba.

“The results from the two laboratories showed high bacteria content in the water samples from kitchen, behind dining hall and Queens Delight, the school water factory. The bacteria range from coliforms, escherichia coli, salmonella, klebsiella ozoana and aeromonas hydrophila.”
He said a breakdown of the outbreak showed that available health records from the school’s sick bay indicated onset of illness was on 16th January 2017.

“The total number of students who presented at the clinic on account of abdominal pain, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea was 1,222 from the first date of presentation (11/1/17) to the last date of presentation (15/2/17). There were four different peak periods of infection namely 31st January 2017, 2nd, 8th and 14th of February 2017.

“Sixteen ill cases were admitted in various hospitals. Nine have been discharged, two died, while one is still on admission at the Intensive Care Unit of LASUTH, and three in LUTH.”
Source: Vanguardngr

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