Amid the strike by resident doctors nationwide, the Chief Medical Officer of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State, has been reported dead.
Dr Udo Orji Nnorom, a native of Nde Owuu in Arochukwu, Abia, reportedly died in the early hours of Sunday, September 12, after a brief illness.
People who knew the doctor have gone on Facebook to express shock at his death.