Doctor Dies Of The Virus In Port Harcourt; Wife Falls Sick Too

 

According to Sahara Reporters, a doctor who secretly treated a diplomat who had contact with the index case, Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, has died of the virus.

The doctor, who is yet to be named, died on Friday the 22nd of August, 2014. 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 today.

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