Ebola Salt-Water Therapy Claims The Lives of Two People.

What seemed to start like a joke, rumored across the nation, has turned to deny some people their rights to continue living.
At least two persons have been feared dead with 20 others hospitalised in various hospitals in Plateau State after consuming excessive quantity of salt and bitter kola to prevent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) attack following a viral message on social media that it could prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, Vanguard reports.

The deceased whose identities could not be ascertained at the time of the report were said to be hypertension patients. They were rushed to the hospital by their family members after they
suddenly collapsed in the morning, having consumed too much of salt over night. They later died of high blood pressure in the hospitals.

According to medical personnel in the hospitals where the other patients are currently taking treatment in Jos, some developed ulcer, while others stool profusely, having consumed the table salt in excess.

The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, yesterday however advised Nigerians to disregard the text messages and postings on social media, stating it was false and should not be taken seriously. He added, “there is no cure yet for the Ebola disease, what is being circulated is only a rumour that will only mislead Nigerians’’.