Fire razes Tuberculosis center at LUTH

August 30, 2012 Pilot Africa HEALTH, TOP NEWS No comments

An electric fire has razed the Direct Observation Therapy Centre for Tuberculosis at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Idi Araba in Lagos.

According to reports, the fire, believed to be the result of an electric spark, lasted for over an hour. Fire fighters were said to have responded after a number of distress calls.

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