{"id":8778,"date":"2020-04-07T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=8778"},"modified":"2020-04-07T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:51:00","slug":"coronavirus-senior-consultant-suspended-by-unilorin-teaching-hospital-for-covering-up-patients-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=8778","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Senior Consultant Suspended By Unilorin Teaching Hospital For Covering Up Patient\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/saharareporters.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_medium\/public\/18BE6048-EB21-4DCA-906C-0175756997B8.jpeg?itok=WV5_Girp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior consultant with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Alakija Salami, has been suspended by management of the hospital for covering up the status and death of a patient, who recently returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The patient, who died on April 3, infected his wife with the virus before his demise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement by the hospital\u2019s management on Monday night said, \u201cThe management of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital hereby suspends Prof A.K. Salami as a senior consultant in the hospital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is as a result of his unethical conduct in the admission, management and eventual release of the corpse of a suspected COVID-19 patient who died in the hospital on the 3rd of April, 2020.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwara currently has two confirmed cases of Coronavirus while at the national level, Nigeria has a total of 238 infections and five recorded deaths.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior consultant with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Alakija Salami, has been suspended by management of the hospital for covering up the status and death of a patient, who recently returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom. 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