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Corps Member Slumps, Dies In Kwara NYSC Cqmp
A corps member, Miss Hilda Amadi, who was participating in the ongoing orientation exercise for new members of the National Youth Service in Kwara State, has reportedly died.
Punch correspondent gathered on Friday that Amadi was a graduate of Oil and Gas Engineering from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State where she hailed from.
It was also learnt that there are divergent accounts of the cause of her death; however her autopsy and coronary reports are still being awaited.The corps member, who was said to belong to Platoon Five in the camp, reportedly suffered a bone fracture during a morning drill on April 23 and was rushed to the clinic.
Some of her colleagues, who pleaded anonymity, claimed that there was no experienced medical doctor in the clinic at the time she was taken there.
They further disclosed that the young lady was later rushed to a government-owned hospital in Ilorin, the state capital, where she reportedly died after her condition deteriorated.
“Her leg got twisted during the MAN ‘O’ War training and was taken to the clinic in the camp. But there was no experienced resident doctor, so she was treated by a corps member, who is a doctor
On Thursday, her condition deteriorated when she wanted to use the toilet. She later slumped and was rushed to the government hospital in Ilorin, where she lost her life.”