The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says one of its members, identified as Ahmed Isaiah, has died of Lassa fever.
According to NAN, Peter Attah, NMA chairman in Nasarawa, said Isaiah died at the National Hospital in Abuja on December 31, 2022.
He said the General Hospital in Garaku area of the state where the deceased worked had only two medical doctors attending to residents.“As an association, we got information when he was already dead, but from our investigation, the sickness started like fever, but he kept working even when he was on treatment,” he said.
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