Friday, 29 August 2014

Ebola: Rivers identifies patients of late doctor

Ebola: Rivers identifies patients of late doctor



Rivers State Government says the patients of the late Dr. Iyke Enemoah, who died of Ebola have been identified and restricted.
Our correspondent learnt that the late doctor died at the Good Heart Hospital on Evo Road, GRA, Port Harcourt.
It was learnt that the deceased, who was a doctor at Sam Steel Clinic on East-West Road, was rushed to the hospital after he took ill with symptoms of Ebola.
He was said to have operated on a woman on Monday after secretly treating the ECOWAS diplomat, who was part of Patrick Sawyer’s team, but took ill the next day.
It was gathered that he was ill for only three days before he started vomiting blood, while passing out faeces stained with blood.
He was said to have been rushed first to Prime Hospital where he was rejected and then taken to the Good Heart Hospital, whose managing director is said to be a cardiologist.
Governor Chibuike Amaechi, who made a special broadcast to the people of the state on Thursday confirmed that the doctor died on August 22, as a result of what was suspected to be Ebola virus disease.

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