A 37-year-old person has kicked the bucket of COVID19 hours after she welcomed her baby at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.
Punch reports that the deceased was delivered of her baby at the Lagos State Government-owned Alimosho General Hospital. She developed infections in the course of the childbirth, and was subsequently rushed to LASUTH, also state-owned, where she was placed on admission for medical treatment, Click here to read more news.
It was after her death that she was tested and confirmed to have Coronavirus. A Medical Personnel in the emergency clinic who attended to her said:
“The result came out after she had died, but we had suspected after she came in. So, every precaution was taken by all the workers who attended to her, Click here to read more news.”
The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, prior earlier announced the death of another patient in a private hospital.