Don’t treat children with diphtheria at home, Paediatrician warns parents

A Professor of Paediatrics at the Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Olugbenga Mokuolu, has warned parents against treating their children with diphtheria infection at home. The don warned that though diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease, treating it at home could be dangerous and might increase the risks of