The Lagos State Government has ascribed the death of a 55-year-old Nigerian to the strong immune suppression drugs he was taking and his inability to provide full account of his travel history.
The Nigerian died from COVID-19 related complications at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Announcing the first COVID-19 death in Lagos on Saturday, April 4, Prof Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for health, said the man, whose identity was not revealed, had a kidney transplant seven years ago, adding that he was also diabetic.
The kidney transplant, he explained, was the reason behind his strong immune suppression drugs.
Explaining further, the health Commissioner said the Nigerian man was based in Netherlands but returned to the country two weeks ago.
He was admitted on the night of April 2 on presumption of complications from the kidney transplant.
“He, however, demonstrated some signs of an upper respiratory chest infection.
“However, he did not provide full account of his travel history or medical circumstances to the attending doctors in keeping with global trend and to enable guided treatment for COVID-19 related vulnerability due to severe underlying ill health.
“Due to his respiratory infection, he was later tested for COVID-19 and his result came out positive but he died early hours of April 3, 2020, from a cardiac arrest,” he stated.
Below are his tweets:
#COVID19Lagos Situation Report
I regret to announce the first #COVID19 related death in Lagos state.
The deceased was 55 year old Nigerian??; male who lived in Holland but returned to Lagos 2 weeks ago.
He had a kidney transplant 7yrs ago and also diabetic.@jidesanwoolu@WHO pic.twitter.com/q2msRdcGlG— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) April 4, 2020
He was on strong immune suppression drugs for the kidney transplant.
He was admitted on the night of April 2nd, 2020 on presumption of complications from the kidney transplant.— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) April 4, 2020
He did not provide full account of his travel history or medical circumstances to the attending doctors in keeping with global trend and to enable guided treatment for #COVID19 related vulnerability due to severe underlying ill health.
— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) April 4, 2020
He however demonstrated some signs of an upper respiratory chest infection.
He later tested positive for #COVID19 but died early hours of April 3rd, 2020 from a cardiac arrest.
May his soul rest in peace!— Prof. Akin Abayomi (@ProfAkinAbayomi) April 4, 2020
