Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Breaking: Most Senior Doctor that treated Sawyer dies of Ebola

The most senior doctor, Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, at the First Consultant Hospital, Lagos who participated in the treatment of Late Patrick Sawyer who died of Ebola Virus Disease is dead.  As reported by The Nation, she was declared dead by the Health Minister, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu on Tuesday night.

The female consultant was the leader of  team that treated the first Nigeria  Ebola index case, late Patrick Sawyer .
She was said to have fallen into coma on Monday evening and despite the valiant effort by the medical team to save her, she could not survive the scourge of the disease.

Her demise brings the total number of deaths from the Ebola virus to five in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, two other Ebola patients are currently receiving treatment at the isolation unit in  Lagos

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