Edo state thrown into mourning as popular UBTH consultant dies of cancer

The Department of Chemical Pathology and the entire University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), have been thrown into mourning as a senior consultant of the hospital, Dr Idemudia J O, lost his life to the cold hands of death after a long battle with cancer.

According to information made available to Dockaysworld, Dr Idemudia lost his life to AML ( Acute Myeloid leukemia), a cancer of the blood at about 4.30 pm today the 26th of January 2020.

Dr. Idemudia, up till his death, was the head of the Department of Chemical Pathology and was loved by many, especially the students he taught.

He joins the never-ending list of doctors in the hospital who have lost their lives while in the fruitful time of their careers.

Recall that Dockaysworld reported the teaching hospital had also lost a bright and promising senior registrar, Dr. Egigba, who died while he was on call at the hospital just a few months before his part 2 exams to become a consultant.