Nigerian Doctor Who Attended To Liberian Man is infected with Ebola Virus In Lagos

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Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has just confirmed that one of the doctors who attended to Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian, who recently died of Ebola in Nigeria, is now sick with the disease.

Chukwu said two other people placed under quarantine were showing signs of the disease, although it is too early to say if their symptoms relates to Ebola. Sawyer was Nigeria’s first case of Ebola death two weeks ago, and since his demise there have been widespread fears  that some of the more than 70 people he had contact with also develop the virus.

Nigerian doctor guilty of assaulting patient has been acquitted

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The Nigerian doctor, Abiodun Bale, who was simply charged &  found guilty of attacking women patient in his surgery when she disagreed with his diagnosis (if you missed it,read here) has been acquitted. 

Lancashire Telegraph  

reports that Dr Bale appealed against his conviction last December and won.

Dr Bale agreed there was a dispute but did not agree he had touched the female patient. He claimed that during a ‘breakdown'between himself and the patient, she was dissatisfied with the procedure & advice and decided to make a false claim about assault.