Tuesday 19 August 2014

Ebola: Dr. Adadevoh Dies

The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has announced the death, of Dr. Adadevoh, the firts doctor who attended to Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer.
doctor1With her death, Nigeria has recorded five Ebola deaths, of which one was the index (first) case, Patrick Sawyer, one medical doctor, two nurses and the ECOWAS staff. Nigeria also has five Ebola survivors and three more expected to be discharged later this week.
Dr. Adadevoh, an experienced consultant physician and endocrinologist was Lead Consultant with First Consultants Medical Centre, Obalende, Lagos, Nigeria, came into the limelight shortly after the dramatic visit of Sawyer, and will be remembered as the first Nigerian confirmed to test positive to the Ebola virus

Culled from Vanguard Nigeria.

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