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| Mrs. Patience Jonathan |
Nigeria's
First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has been in a hospital in Germany in the
last four days, Abuja State House sources have told SaharaReporters, undergoing
treatment for food poisoning.
The
sources say Mrs. Jonathan, who is also a Permanent Secretary in the Bayelsa
State civil service, was airlifted to the hospital by an air ambulance in
midweek under emergency medical conditions.
Presidency
sources stated that the emergency airlift departed for Wisbanden, Germany, but
it is not clear if her treatment was being undertaken in that city. They said she was only able to speak earlier
today, four days after her arrival, because the illness had been so severe that
she lost her voice.
Our
sources could not say when she will return to the country. Nigeria’s political leaders and their
families routinely seek expensive medical attention abroad, an irony occasioned
by their failure to develop the same facilities at home. In the past few years, two former First
Ladies have died on foreign hospital beds.
Source:
SaharaReporters.com
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