According to Sahara Reporters, the deceased secretly treated a diplomat who had contacted the first Ebola victim in Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer (the index case).
The man's wife has reportedly been isolated in Port Harcourt, following the incident.
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While the doctor lost the fight with the tropical disease, his patient, the diplomat is said to be still alive. The diplomat allegedly met Patrick Sawyer in Lagos and then traveled to Port Harcourt for treatment, evading Nigerian federal government surveillance. Upon arrival the doctor took him to hotel for treatment.
Report provides that the incident prompted immediate actions: 70 people have been quarantined; the doctor's hospital, Good Heart Hospital in Rivers State, and the hotel shut down.
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Meanwhile Vanguard today made available the statement by Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker, who debunked the information about recording the first case of Ebola in the state. He characterized the allegation as untrue.
The deadly virus currently ravaging West Africa has already claimed nearly 1,500 of lives in the region. Nigeria's first Ebola patient came from Liberia on July 20. Since then all the country resources were mobilized to reduce the possibility of epidemic. A total of 29 people were isolated and put under surveillance. Twelve people who contacted Sawyer tested positive for the virus, 4 of them died, while 7 have successfully recovered and were sent home.
The Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu August 26 confirmed that only one patient with Ebola remained in Nigeria and expressed optimist that the country was close to defeating the disease.
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