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| Udom Emmanuel. |
The
news about a medical doctor has died in Akwa Ibom State after
showing symptoms of the coronavirus has been released.
Dr. Dominic
Essien, a physiotherapist, owned a private clinic in Uyo and was also a
lecturer in the Department of Physiology, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The Chairman of
the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Akwa Ibom State branch, Nsikak Nyoyoko,
confirmed Mr Essien’s death in a statement on Thursday, saying that the late
medical doctor showed symptoms of the coronavirus before he was rushed to the
Ibom Specialist Hospital in Uyo before he passed on.
Mr. Nsikak
Nyoyoko says: “I was called last night by a colleague who intimated me that one
of our colleagues was sick with a week history of fever, cough and shortness of
breath which worsened yesterday with his SPO2 as low as 72%, requiring him to
be placed on oxygen at his clinic,” and “I immediately called upon a member of
the State #COVID19 Response Team to swing into action and somehow, later last
night, our colleague was admitted into ISH and managed by specialists in
respiratory medicine.
“With the
symptoms elucidated above, a suspicion of COVID-19 was entertained and he had
his sample taken today awaiting transportation to the laboratory for COVID-19
testing, but unfortunately, this revered colleague of ours died midafternoon.”
Akwa Ibom State
has six confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the state government said two days ago
that three persons have recovered from the viral infection and have been
discharged from the hospital.
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