Ebun Francis| Chugbo Emeka, a medical doctor with a private hospital in Lagos, has died from coronavirus related complications after being exposed to a patient with the virus he treated in his clinic.
The Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) made the disclosure via a post on the association’s Twitter handle.
According to the post, the doctor died on Wednesday at the isolation ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
The tweet read, ”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.
Confirming the development, Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Profesor Chris Bode, said the doctor was not a staff of the hospital, but was rushed to the facility after he showed severe signs of the disease on Monday.
He said: “He was brought in late, so there was no much we could do. He was a staff in LUTH years back before he went to join the private sector.
“We learned he had COVID-19 patients in his facility that he was treating. He may have been exposed to the virus from there.
“His death has shown what health workers are exposed to in the course of treating COVID-19 patients. Our hearts are with his family in this trying time. It is a sad development for us.”
The doctor did his residency at Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department in LUTH and was 60 years.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Lagos state commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi, announced that a 63-year-old male, Nigerian who had no history of travel or contact with any confirmed case died from coronavirus related complications, bringing to seven, the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state.
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