A National Youth Service Corps member has tragically died in camp after giving in to a strange ailment.
A female Member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Miss
Elechi Chiyerum was on Wednesday confirmed dead after a strange ailment
which caused her to bleed and vomit for few hours after arrival at the
State orientation camp at Kaima community of Kolokuma/Opokuma Local
Government area of the Bayelsa State, LeadershipNG reports.
The woman identified as Miss Chiyerum, who is a 27 years old
graduate of the Ignatius Azuru University of Education, Port Harcourt in
Rivers State, was confirmed dead at about 9pm on Tuesday night five
days after arriving camp.
While commenting on the incident, some of the deceased corps
members said that after she arrived the camp on Thursday, Chiyerum was
looking “terribly” sick and could not participate in some opening
sessions at the camp.
According to officials of the NYSC, her death might have been as a
result of “non-disclosure” of state of health by the corps member. A
search on her hostel section showed signs of excessive bleeding with
clothing and sanitary pads soaked in blood.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the deceased corps member reportedly
relapsed into ill health and was rushed to the sick bay of the camp at
about 8pm.
According to sources,” the doctor at the NYSC camp clinic
immediately referred her to the State owned Diette-Koki Memorial
hospital in Opolo area of the State capital where she was confirmed
dead."
The State Director, Mr. Ekeocha Anthony assured the corps members
that their safety is assured and said that the development was a sad
one. He called on corps members to always inform the authorities of any
ill health on time.
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