By Onwuka Gerald
Chief Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer of (CEO) of Telemed Online Clinic, Dr. Peter Atangwho, @firstdoctorr has expressed shock over demise of his late teacher, Dr. Matthias Nnadi, a consultant neurosurgeon in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), who died of acute exacerbation of asthma.
Dr. Antangwho made the disclosure via his official Twitter handle on Sunday. To him, Late Matthias died of acute exacerbation of asthma while he was stuck in heavy traffic with dust & fumes contributing and made it impossible for him to get oxygen.
Continuing, the Telemed boss said the deceased Dr’s wife, after realizing the asthma attack, sent an ambulance to pick up her husband; unfortunately, after the ambulance left the hospital, it took more than 3 hours to arrive to the scene due to bad roads and traffic in Odukpani area in Cross River.
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Matthias Nnadi, a senior lecturer at the department of surgery, University of Calabar, Cross River state, is dead.
He was said to have initially died of acute exacerbation of asthma while stuck in traffic in the state capital. His wife was said to have called for an ambulance from the teaching hospital, which also got stuck in the traffic at Odukpani area of Calabar and could not evacuate Nnadi on time.
But a postmortem test carried out on the deceased was reported to have shown that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Nnadi obtained his degree in medicine (MB.BS) from the University of Nigeria in 1994. He was a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons. Also a fellow of the medical college of surgeons. His research interest is mainly in neurotrauma.
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The consultant neurosurgeon at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was said to have initially died of acute exacerbation of asthma while stuck in traffic in the state capital.
His wife was said to have called for an ambulance from the teaching hospital, which also got stuck in the traffic at Odukpani area of Calabar and could not evacuate Nnadi on time.
But a postmortem test carried out on the deceased was reported to have shown that he tested positive for COVID-19.
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Nnadi obtained his degree in medicine (MB.BS) from the University of Nigeria in 1994. He was a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons. Also a fellow of the medical college of surgeons. His research interest is mainly in neurotrauma.
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Late Cross River CP buried in Ilorin amidst tears
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Commissioner of Police, Cross River State
Abdulkadir Jimoh, the late Commissioner of Police who served in Cross Rivers State, was buried on Saturday in Ilorin, his home town, amidst tears.
Jimoh died on Friday at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital of complications from the COVID-19 infection.
The News Agency Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jimoh, promoted Commissioner of Police in Dec. 2019, was deployed to head the Cross Rivers Police Command in July.
Before his remains were interred in his residence in the Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ilorin, his colleagues in the Police honoured him with a 21-gun salute, and the Janazah prayer, led by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Bashir Salihu.
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