The National Youth Service Corps has confirmed the death of a corps member, Dr. Kelechi Ogboji.
The medical doctor died after treating a patient suspected of having Lassa fever in Kaduna State.
Until his death, Ogboji, a native of
Igweledoha Amagu in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was
serving at St. Louis Hospital Zonkwa in Zango Kataf Local Government
Area of Kaduna State.
Spokesperson for the NYSC, Mrs. Abosede
Aderibigbe, said in a statement on Thursday the Director-General of the
corps Brig. General Johnson Olawumi, represented by the Director of
Corps Welfare and Inspectorate, Mr. Michael Ahile, extolled the virtues
of the deceased during a formal condolence visit to his family.
Olawumi described Ogboji as “an
exceptional corps member who was fully dedicated to his duties and in
the process paid the supreme sacrifice”.
According to him, the NYSC family, Kaduna State, Ebonyi State and the entire nation will greatly miss the late doctor.
The NYSC DG also used the occasion to
call on corps members serving in health institutions to always apply
standard precautionary measures while discharging their duties to
protect themselves.
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