Doctor dies of COVID-19 in Cross River

A senior registrar in the department of anaesthesiology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has died of COVID-19 complications.

UCTH’s association of resident doctors announced the death of Odii Stanley. A statement released by the group read;

“On behalf of the entire membership of ARD UCTH, I regret to bring to your notice the untimely demise of Dr Odii Stanley.

“Until his death, he was a Senior Registrar in the Department of Anaesthesiology. We lost him yesterday morning to complications of COVID-19.

“May his gentle soul find eternal repose in Abraham’s bosom.”