₦airaland Forum

A Kano State-based medical doctor, Dr Naseer Adam, died on Saturday of symptoms suspected to be Coronavirus.

The deceased was reported to have managed a patient with acute respiratory infection three weeks ago before his own death.

The patient returned to the hospital again due to worsening breathlessness and after isolation, it turned out that the the patient tested positive for COVID-19.

However, four days ago, Dr Adam started having running nose and dry cough, forcing him to be admitted at emergency section of a hospital.

He however, died on Saturday while receiving treatment.

One of Adam’s colleagues, Dr Abbas Bello, paid tribute to him on social media, saying, “Truly, one of the darkest moments of a doctor's life is when they couldn't help save the life of a colleague, friend and one of their own!

"Dr Naseer Adam was one of the most hardworking, humble, kind, generous, industrious and down to the earth clinician that I have recently come across. Because of his empathy and generosity, almost all the indigent patients want to see him as he will review them, prescribe, pay for the medication he prescribed and give them transport fare.”

http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/31/kano-medical-doctor-dies-suspected-coronavirus

Heaven rest his soul

The probable primary cause of death was aspiration (chemical pneumonitis) as he requested for water and suddenly coughed while drinking the water and subsequently slumped and died.

The secondary cause of death may then be covid-19.

May his soul RIP

Our medical colleagues are having quite a difficult moment tending to patient with no PPE. Saver of lives couldn't save his.

ChelseaDr:
The probable primary cause of death was aspiration (chemical pneumonitis) as he requested for water and suddenly coughed while drinking the water and subsequently slumped and died.

The secondary cause of death may then be covid-19.

May his soul RIP

Who gives anyone in respiratory distress anything by mouth?
Nawaoh

UbongCR7:
Who gives anyone in respiratory distress anything by mouth?
Nawaoh

He had made significant improvement while waiting for the covid-19 result, and while attending health workers were busy with other patients, he requested for water and the "ignorant" relative innocently gave him the water and by the time the attending Doctor knew what was happening, it was too late.

He wasn't given water while in respiratory distress, he had made some improvement then after initial resuscitation and treatment.

You don't know what our people can do, that is why I used the word innocent ignorance, people give not just water to unconscious patients but also food, when you're attending to another patient. We have seen a lot of that. They do it innocently not knowing the amount of harm they are actually causing.

Unfortunately the people they stand to protect say there is no COVID-19 in Nigeria

ChelseaDr:
He had made significant some improvement while waiting for the covid-19 result, and while attending health workers were busy with other patients, he requested for water and the "ignorant" relative innocently gave him the water and by the time the attending Doctor knew what was happening, it was too late.

He wasn't given water while in respiratory distress, he had made some improvement then after initial resuscitation and treatment.

You don't know what our people can do, that is why I used the word innocent ignorance, people give not just water to unconscious patients but also food, when you're attending to another patient. We have seen a lot of that. They do it innocently not knowing the amount of harm they are actually causing.

True.