The Lagos State Government has revealed the name of the hospital where Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Buhari died on Friday.
Commissioner for health, Prof Akin Abayomi, made the revelation in a press statement released on Saturday evening, hours after Mr Kyari was buried.
“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,” Abayomi said in the statement.
Kyari tested positive for the coronavirus in March after an official visit to Germany.
“I have made my own care arrangements to avoid further burdening the public health system, which faces so many pressures,” Kyari said after his diagnosis was announced by the Presidency.
