The chairman of the Management Board of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Shettima Bagudu, has finally tested negative for coronavirus after several days in isolation centre located at the federal health facility.
The chairman fell ill at the beginning of the hospital’s last board meeting on March 24, 2020 and was promptly admitted for treatment. It was later confirmed that he had tested positive for the virus.
On April 8, he was tested to confirm if he had been negative but the test came out positive again and he remained in the isolation centre for further treatment.
FILE: University College Hospital, Ibadan
The Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Mr Your Akinrinlola, in a statement on Sunday confirmed that the chairman had finally tested negative after a second confirmation test was administered.
He said, “I have the pleasure to announce that after three weeks of being in quarantine, the Chairman of the Board of Management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Alhaji Shettima Bagudu, has tested negative to the coronavirus.
“Two tests were carried out on him and both returned negative. With this, he now has a clean bill of health.”