Lagos reveals hospital where Kyari died, says it’s accredited

The Lagos state government on Saturday clarified controversies surrounding the medical facility where President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari died on Friday.

According to a statement by the state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, Kyari died at the First Cardiology Consultants in Lagos, claiming that the hospital was accredited by the state government as a high care, biosecurity compliant COVID-19 facility.

It would be recalled that the hospital where the late Kyari was admitted when he tested positive for the dreaded virus was a subject of controversy as it was kept secret from the public, fuelling different insinuations.

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The statement reads: “Following enquiries on the passing away of the Chief of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mallam Abba Kyari on Friday 17th April 2020, the Lagos State Government states that:

“Mallam Abba Kyari died from complications of Coronavirus infection at First Cardiology Consultants in Lagos. This hospital is a Lagos State designated high care, biosecurity-compliant, COVID-19 facility, accredited by the Health Facility Management and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) of the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

“As a basis for accreditation, First Cardiology Consultants established a separate specialist wing with staff dedicated to the treatment of complicated cases of COVID-19, under the supervision of the Lagos State COVID-19 emergency response team.”

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