A medical doctor, Chugbo Emeka, who was exposed to COVID-19 pandemic, popularly known as Coronavirus after treating a patient who tested positive for the virus has been confirmed to have died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital [LUTH].
The Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has announced this via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday, 15 April 2020. According to the NMA, Dr Emeka died at the isolation ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
Dr Emeka’s death was the 8th coronavirus death in Lagos. Lagos State Ministry of Health had earlier on Wednesday announced the 7th coronavirus death in the state. The patient is noted to have died on Tuesday, 14 April 2020 and was the seventh fatality recorded in Nigeria’s commercial capital. The patient was a 63-year-old Nigerian man who had no history of travel or contact with any known confirmed case.
“NMA LAGOS regrets to announce the death of Dr Chugbo Emeka at the LUTH isolation ward. He died on 15/04/2020. He was a Private Medical Practitioner who was exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19. We condole with his family and the medical community for this painful loss. NMA Lagos,” the NMA tweets on its Twitter handle.
NMA LAGOS regrets to announce the death of Dr. Chugbo Emeka at the LUTH isolation ward. He died on 15/04/2020.He was a Private Medical Practitioner who was exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19.
We condole with his family and d medical community for this painful loss.
NMA Lagos— nma_lagos (@LagosNma) April 15, 2020
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