An NYSC member identified as Onwuegbuzie Stanley-Samuel, deployed to Cross River, has died of Lassa fever disease at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital UCTH.
The state Commissioner for Health, Inyang Asibong, who disclosed this to journalists in Calabar, said the deceased hailed from Delta and was serving in Obubra before his death.
Mr. Abisong said the deceased was first admitted at the General Hospital, Obubra, where he was treated for cerebral malaria for one week, but his condition got worse and was referred to the UCTH for further treatment while his blood sample was taken to Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo for diagnosis.
The deceased was living in the corps members’ lodge in Obubra and since he came back in January, he has not left that community. Unfortunately, we finally lost him.
Sadly, the corps member contracted the disease in Cross River,” she said.
