Rising cases of sudden deaths worry medical experts, Nigerians
The rate at which Nigerians are slumping and dying has become a worrisome development, particularly to medical experts.
Actually, death is an inevitable end of every mortal, but when and how it comes is what has remained a mystery to mankind. Apart from accidents of every kind, man, in his quest to unravel the mystery surrounding death has been able to establish the fact that death naturally comes after brief or protracted ill-health. However, recent development has again proven that the mystery surrounding death can never be unearthed by mankind.
Recently, there has been a media report of personalities who suddenly slumped and died.
Prior to their sudden death, they appeared outwardly, by every stretch of imagination, very healthy, but inwardly they were very sick. In most cases, they were reported to have just finished one activity or the other before they slumped.
Checks by DAILY POST revealed disturbing trends where numerous incidents of slump-and-die cases abound but only a few, often concerning prominent individuals, get the media attention.
If a peasant farmer in Kaura-Namoda slumps and dies, nobody would report it. If a hunter in Ilofa slumps and dies, it will not be reported. If a pepper seller in Ogbete Main Market slumps and dies, nobody reports that. But when an ex-governor slumps and dies, it attracts huge media coverage.
