Dr. Chugbo Emeka
Dr. Emeka died of coronavirus related complications after treating a patient infected with the deadly contagion.
Dr. Emeka was admitted to the Lagos University teaching hospital on Monday with “severe” signs of the coronavirus succumbing to it on Wednesday.
The Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Professor Chris Bode, told the Vanguard the death of the 60-year-old doctor “has shown what health workers are exposed to in the course of treating COVID-19 patients. Our hearts are with his family in this trying time. It is a sad development for us.”
