SACRIFICED LIFE FOR OTHERS IN AMERICA ! Nigerian Immigrant, IJEOMA AFUKE, a Certified Nursing Assistant worker dies of Covid-19 in Chicago …before becoming a Nurse, U.S citizen, helped patients for longer period months * Deceased examination scheduled for June, completed requirements to become a United States citizen * Chicago woman passed at Stroger Hospital of pneumonia related to a Coronavirus infection * Family only able to raise $10,000 to defray cost of funeral *"She did not have a serious underlying medical condition that made her more vulnerable to the virus" – Cook County medical examiner's office *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
HER DEATH I S PAINFUL. SHE HAD A GOOD HEART, always willing to help her patients in the hospital. IJEOMA AFUKE died of infection traceable to the deadly Coronavirus disease without realizing her dream of becoming a Nurse and a United States citizen. Nearly five years after emigrating from Nigeria, Afuke was within reach of realizing two major goals. The certified nursing assistant was studying to become a nurse in the United States. Afuke’s exam was scheduled in June. She also had completed the requirements to become a United States citizen and had an important interview in April that was ...
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