Nigerian doctor planning to relocate to the UK slumps and dies after being on duty for 72-hours
A young resident doctor at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, RSUTH, Dr. Femi Rotiifah, has slumped and died after being on duty for 72-hours non-stop.
According to reports, Rotifa had been on continuous call duty for three days in the Emergency Room before retreating to the call room to rest where he slumped and died. Efforts to resuscitate him failed as he was confirmed dead by his colleagues.
Confirming the incident, the President of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, Dr. Tope Osundara, said
“What happened is that he was on call in the Emergency Room. Afterward, he went to the call room to rest, and it was there that he died. Unfortunately, he was the only one attending to the patient. The overuse of manpower strained his health and led to this painful death. It was a death on duty,” Osundara lamented
The deceased was a former President of the Port Harcourt University Medical Students’ Association (PUMSA) and was registered with the UK’s General Medical Council, awaiting placement abroad.
Meanwhile his friend and fellow medical doctors have taken to social media to mourn him.
