According to reports, a doctor in Port Harcourt who secretly treated somebody (diplomat) who came in contact with the Liberian-American,Patrick Sawyeris dead.
The doctor who has yet to be named died on friday having contracted ebola virus.
The doctor's wife is also ill and has been quaratined in PH.
Interestingly, the diplomat treated by the doctor is still alive.
The diplomat, who was part of the team who met with Patrick Sawyer in Lagos, flew to Port Harcourt, Rivers State for treatment, evading Nigerian federal government surveillance for the disease. The late doctor then took him to a hotel for treatment. As a result of this, 70 people have been quarantined. The doctor’s hospital, Good Heart Hospital in Rivers State, has been shut down. The unnamed hotel, where the secret treatment took place, has also been shut down. The Minister of Health and the Rivers State government are expected to make a statement on the incident tomorrow.
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