A 55-year-old man, who was admitted to the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has died of complications from COVID-19,
according to PUNCH.
The newspaper quoted a source as saying the patient died on
Friday morning.
The deceased reportedly had underlying health issues. He was
said to have been hypertensive and diabetic.
He reportedly arrived LUTH emergency unit on Thursday night
complaining of “malaise, tremors, and fever” and was also diagnosed with acute
chronic kidney disease and sepsis.
But when he developed complications, a junior doctor at the
accident & emergency unit was said to have reviewed his case and notified
the senior registrar of his suspicion.
According to the source, the patient did not disclose his
travel history to Holland and died “a few hours” after he was admitted.
The hospital was said to have discovered that the patient
had COVID-19 when a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was conducted on his
blood posthumously.
“Fingerprint antibody test was done on him, confirming his
COVID-19 infection,” the source was quoted to have said.
“The man did not give his travel history or the fact that he
had contact with someone who had travelled overseas.
“He told the doctors that he had no history of coughs, sore
throat, joint pains or diarrhea. 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 afterward.
“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.
“When confronted after the man’s death, his family members
said they withheld the information about his likely COVID-19 infection because
they were afraid that LUTH would reject him if they disclosed his true state.”
The state coronavirus emergency workers have reportedly
taken the remains of the deceased away.
As of 11am, Nigeria had 210 cases of coronavirus and two
deaths. Of the 210 cases, Lagos has 109. The state has, however, discharged 24 patients who have recovered from the disease.
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