Details emerging from the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan confirmed early on Monday how the Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Prof Jessy Otegbayo and his Deputy, Prof Obafunke Denloye contacted the dreaded coronavirus disease.
A statement by Prof Otegbayo on Sunday had confirmed that the UCH CMD had contacted the disease.
Late on Sunday, a WhatsApp message quoted on the social media also indicated that Denloye his deputy had tested positive for coronavirus.
Another WhatsApp group message that confirmed the development reads: “Dear colleagues, I wish to inform you that the deputy provost and I tested positive for the COVID-19 following the tests done on Friday.
“Although we are both asymptomatic, we have gone into self-isolation for the 14 days while our contacts are being observed closely to determine if they should also be tested.”
In the earlier statement by Otegbayo, he confirmed that he and the board members were in a meeting on Wednesday last week when one of the members presented symptoms and his samples later turned positive.
Investigations, however, confirmed that the Board Chairman of UCH, Alhaji Ibrahim Ado Shettima was the person that actually fell sick at the board meeting and later presented symptoms of COVID 19.
High-level sources at the UCH told InsideOyo.com that the former governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 election in Niger State started sneezing repeatedly and was later stabilised by the CMD and his Deputy, with the assistance of other board members.
A top source at the Hospital who was privy to happenings at the board meeting said: “I can confirm to you the Niger State-born board chairman of UCH was the person that brought the round of COVID 19 ravaging UCH.
“He was at the board meeting with the CMD and his deputy and started exhibiting possible symptoms of the virus.
“He started sneezing repeatedly and had to be stabilised by the CMD and other top management team members.
“Immediately his samples were taken and the meeting terminated. It turned out that he was positive and then the CMD and his deputy also submitted samples for testing which equally turned positive.”
