Confirmed, Medical consultant dies during Nigeria vs Argentina match
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dr emeka ogah the chief medical director cmd federal teaching hospital abakaliki fetha has confirmed the death of one its consultants dr canice ebirim on tuesday during the super eagles and argentina match1 ogah told the news agency of nigeria nan on wednesday that reports reaching him suggested that ebirim died within the period of the match1 the cmd said that he received the news of his death at about 9 p.m. while the match was ongoing1 ogah said that a friend of the deceased informed him that ebirim started behaving funny within that period1 ebirims friend said that the deceased started moving suspiciously and solicited for assistance which made him intervene and took him ebirim to the hospital1 efforts made to revive him at our hospital proved abortive as he died but we would liaise with his family to conduct an autopsy1 we are surprised at his death because he consulted at the hospital on tuesdays. we have to wait till autopsy is conducted to draw further conclusions he said1 a friend of the deceased who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that he ebirim resided in owerri with his family and only visited fetha during his clinic days1 he was a dedicated and lively fellow who will surely be missed by his family friends and associates he said1