Doctors in Kenya are mourning a colleague who succumbed to coronavirus according to Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union.
KMPDU mourns the death of Dr. Doreen Adisa Lugaliki who passed on due to COVID-19 contracted at the work place. We reiterate & remind GOK & ALL Private health facilities that the Welfare,Occupational Safety & Health of frontline workers is a non-negotiable Minimum!!
— KMPDU (@kmpdu) July 10, 2020
She was a gynecologist who was hailed by many of her patients for her professionalism.
She succumbed to the virus within 48 hours of being admitted at a private hospital in the capital, Nairobi.
The ministry of health confirmed at the beginning of the month that a total of 186 health workers had tested positive for the deadly virus and that no doctor had died from the virus.
According to the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union, this is the first death of a healthcare worker during their regular line of duty, days after movement restrictions were relaxed.
We have lost one of our own as a doctors’ fraternity to #Covid_19. A young doctor with so much to offer.
— Dr. Mercy Korir (@DrMercyKorir) July 10, 2020
Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) sent condolences message to the family.
“We have lost a hard-working obstetrician/gynecologist, a mother, a friend and a colleague to the devastating effects of Covid-19.
“Our condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Doreen Lugaliki,” wrote the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union.
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