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Strange Disease Kills 2 Doctors in Ebonyi
From Christopher Isiguzo in Abakaliki, 03.16.2008
At least two medical doctors have been confirmed dead at Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki, following an unidentified ailment, while a third, is reportedly in critical condition.
The first victim, Dr Njoku, Senior Registrar, was said to have died December last year, barely a month after his wedding, while the second victim, Dr Ama, a junior resident doctor who took care of Njoku when he was sick, died last week, after a protracted ailment suspected to be related.
Both victims worked at the Surgery Department where it was suspected they might have been infected in the course of series of surgical operations they performed. Management have closed the surgery department till further notice, in liaison with the state government, while some patients in the place have been moved out, apparently to avoid contacting the disease.
Already, THISDAY checks showed that the Federal Ministry of Health has dispatched a team of crack medical experts to the hospital, following a distress signal received from Ebonyi State government and management of the hospital.
The team is expected to carry out detailed investigation of the strange killer disease. THISDAY gathered that a similar outbreak claimed the lives of four nurses in the same hospital in 2005, before it was halted by a team from the Federal Ministry of Health. When THISDAY visited the hospital, a group of doctors from the Federal Ministry of Health, were seen meeting with officials of the hospital.
Leader of the visiting medical team, Dr Mike Ochoga, who refused to give details of their findings, simply said the team was in the process of finding the cause of death of the victims and possibly proffer solution.
Strange Disease Kills 2 Doctors in Ebonyi
From Christopher Isiguzo in Abakaliki, 03.16.2008
At least two medical doctors have been confirmed dead at Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki, following an unidentified ailment, while a third, is reportedly in critical condition.
The first victim, Dr Njoku, Senior Registrar, was said to have died December last year, barely a month after his wedding, while the second victim, Dr Ama, a junior resident doctor who took care of Njoku when he was sick, died last week, after a protracted ailment suspected to be related.
Both victims worked at the Surgery Department where it was suspected they might have been infected in the course of series of surgical operations they performed. Management have closed the surgery department till further notice, in liaison with the state government, while some patients in the place have been moved out, apparently to avoid contacting the disease.
Already, THISDAY checks showed that the Federal Ministry of Health has dispatched a team of crack medical experts to the hospital, following a distress signal received from Ebonyi State government and management of the hospital.
The team is expected to carry out detailed investigation of the strange killer disease. THISDAY gathered that a similar outbreak claimed the lives of four nurses in the same hospital in 2005, before it was halted by a team from the Federal Ministry of Health. When THISDAY visited the hospital, a group of doctors from the Federal Ministry of Health, were seen meeting with officials of the hospital.
Leader of the visiting medical team, Dr Mike Ochoga, who refused to give details of their findings, simply said the team was in the process of finding the cause of death of the victims and possibly proffer solution.