Ifedapo died of renal sepsis – Report
By John Oba
Abuja
The federal government has warned the serving and prospective corps members against hiding information from government officials to ensure their total safety while serving their fatherland.
This is even as the report shows that one of the late corps members, Oladepo Ifedapo Rachael, who died in Kano during orientation camp exercise, died of renal sepsis occasioned by infection.
Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung and the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, reiterated the government’s commitment to safety of corps members, while condoling with the families of the three corps members, who lost their lives in camp.
Elechi Chinyerum Nwenenda, Oladepo Ifedolapo Rachael and Asuquo Ukeme Monday died during the ongoing 2016 Batch ‘B’ (stream 1) orientation course in Bayelsa, Kano and Zamfara respectively. However, the death of Ifedolapo, a graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology had been generating tension as some people alleged NYSC of negligence.
Presenting the report of the committee set up to unravel the immediate and remote cause of their deaths, the DG of NYSC, Suleiman Kazaure attributed the death of Ifedolapo to her inability to disclose her ailment she had been battling with before resuming to camp to officials.
“It is clear that the deceased had an ailment which she did not disclose. From the doctors’ report, the corps member died of renal sepsis occasioned by infection.
“Even, to the untrained, Kidney infections do not develop and degenerate to the level of mortality in three days (i.e. “7th to 29th November, 2016),” he said.
He said when “doctors noticed increase in the rashes on her legs, the deceased still dismissed as reaction to usage of second-hand knickers,” by this time she had been vomiting; therefore, “she was admitted at the camp clinic and treated with Drazamol injection and Piriton to soothe her body pains as she was already on malaria drugs.”
He added that the deceased was immediately referred to Gwarzo General Hospital for further treatment, where after examination; “the doctor concluded that the deceased had kidney infection probably due to untreated urinary tract infection (UTI).”
Kazaure said Ifedolapo died after she had been stabilised for the long journey to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital for immediate dialysis.
