A
doctor, who secretly treated a diplomat who had contact
with the index case, Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer,
has died of Ebola in Nigeria.
The doctor, who has yet to be named, died on Friday. His wife has
also taken ill and has been quarantined in Port Harcourt.
Interestingly, the diplomat the doctor treated is still alive.The diplomat, who was part of the team who met with Patrick
Sawyer in Lagos, flew to Port Harcourt, Rivers State for treatment,
evading Nigerian federal government surveillance for the disease.
The late doctor then took him to a hotel for treatment.
As a result of this, 70 people have been quarantined. The doctor's
hospital, Good Heart Hospital in Rivers State, has been shut down.
The unnamed hotel, where the secret treatment took place, has
also been shut down.
The Minister of Health and the Rivers State government are
expected to make a statement on the incident tomorrow.source: Sahara reporters
What a world. Hope it doesn't get to enugu
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