A Nigerian doctor who got infected with Covid-19 while attending to an infected patient has died.
Health officials say he died on Wednesday after he was admitted to Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Monday.
Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s director Chris Bode told the media the doctor named as Dr Chugbo Emeka was brought to the hospital with severe symptoms.
Emeka, 51 was reported to be asthmatic, a condition that could have worsened his situation.
He was a member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). The group said he got infected because he was exposed while managing a patient who died last week.
Words cannot express man. This was sudden, this feels illegal. Known you since I was a kid. You were the 1st person ever to express and give me confidence in my intellectual abilities. One of the smartest people I ever knew. Dr. Emeka Chugbo ??? RIP Unc! I love u die! pic.twitter.com/2P6NkcOmtB
— ᵗᵃᵐᵃᶰʲᶤ (@TopWAV) April 15, 2020
Doctors in Nigeria have complained about the lack of adequate personal protective gear for all health workers.
Source: Africafeeds.com
