Dr. Iyke Enemuo, who died of the Ebola virus, had been buried in Port
Harcourt according to the requirement of the World Health
Organisation.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, who disclosed
this while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt, explained that
Enemuo was buried on Wednesday alongside the woman that shared the
same hospital ward with him.
It will be recalled that the woman and Enemuo's younger sister,
Chinyere, who recently tested positive to the Ebola virus, had been on
admission at the Ebola Isolation Unit in Emohua Local Government Area.
Parker pointed out that the woman, who died at the treatment centre in
the state, was at the Good Heart Hospital in Port Harcourt as a result
of a cardiac problem.
He said, "Dr. Enemuo has been interred; the woman that died has been
interred. It is not a ceremony; it was done according to WHO
protocols. They were interred yesterday in Port Harcourt.
"I told you the last time that none of the bodies would leave Port
Harcourt and the Ministry of Health and WHO have arranged and they
have been interred according to WHO protocol.
Parker dismissed speculations in some quarters that the wife of the
late Enemuo had died, saying, "She (late Dr. Enemuo's wife) is stable
and in fact, doing well."
He stated that the Ebola virus exported into the Rivers by Olu-Ibukun
Koye, a Nigerian protocol officer with the Economic Community of West
African States, was being effectively managed by the state government.
The commissioner specifically said about 98 percent of people
suspected to have had contact with the late Enemuo had been
covered.Disclosing that another woman was admitted at the isolation
treatment centre at Oduoha in Emeoha Local Government Area, Parker
said the result of the test conducted on her would be out Thursday
afternoon.
"Everything is going on smoothly and fine. We have achieved 98 percent
coverage of contacts. The patients we have at the treatment centre are
doing well. The last time, I told you that there was a positive
patient there. There is one other suspect there; it is what we call a
probable patient and we are waiting for the test result to come out,"
he added.
On the woman that was in the same ward at the Good Heart Hospital with
Dr. Enemuo, the commissioner said, "Unfortunately, we lost a patient
here at the treatment centre. She is the lady that was at the Good
Heart Hospital with Dr. Enemuo. We cannot say she died as a result of
complications of Ebola.
"Don't forget that there was a reason she went to that hospital; she
was a cardiac patient and she went into what we call cardiogenic
shock.
Her condition was complicated by Ebola. We regret to say that and we
also state that it also underscores why we were saying that people
should come to the hospital early."
He, however, confirmed that only four cases had been proven to be
positive to the Ebola virus in Rivers State, identifying them as
Enemou; his wife; his younger sister and the woman who was admitted at
the same hospital with the late doctor.
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