One of the 21 patients of suspected monkey-pox being managed at the isolation facility of the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), committed suicide on Sunday.
Eleven persons were suspected to have been affected by the disease on October 4 in the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebititula Etebu, at a news conference organised by the Ministry of Information, said that the deceased was recovering before the incident.
”It is, however, important to note that the patient was recovering and had improved significantly like other patients.
”All are doing well; 10 have been discharged; seven still on admission and improving.
”His medical history did not suggest any mental illness or features of depression,” he said.
He assured the public that the patient did not die from the suspected monkey-pox disease.
The Commissioner said a committee had…
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