4 Doctors Exposed to Coronavirus as Infected Renal Patient Dies at LUTH

Four doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) have gone into isolation after treating a 55-year-old man, who died of coronavirus on Friday, April 3, 2020.

According to The Punch, the patient arrived at LUTH’s emergency unit on Thursday night complaining of “malaise, tremors, and fever.”

A source who spoke to the Punch said the decease did not disclose his travel history after his admission into the facility.

The source said, “The man did not give his travel history or the fact that he had contact with someone who had travelled overseas.

“When asked, he told the doctors that he had no history of coughs, sore throat, joint pains or diarrhoea,”

However, when he developed complications, a junior doctor informed the senior registrar of his suspicion after reviewing his case.

“After the Senior Registrar reviewed his case and confronted him with their findings, the man revealed the true story about his travels and his fear that he might have contracted COVID-19 and died shortly afterwards.

“He confessed that he had been coughing and that he had returned from Holland two weeks ago, where he had gone for follow-up treatment after a renal transplant he also had there,” the source was quoted to have said.

The patient died on Friday morning and Lagos state coronavirus emergency workers have reportedly taken the remains away.

As of Friday, April 3, 2020, Nigeria had recorded 210 coronavirus cases.

So far, 25 patients have recovered and have been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital in Lagos.

Yawnaija