Dr. Doyin Okupe, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has disagreed with Sahara Reporters on its report on the cause of the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke .
Okupe on his facebook post tagged,”Sahara Reporters and Adeleke’s Death,” stated thus:
”The “postulation” by Sahara reporters about the cause of death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke cannot be backed by medical science. If he had pain in his legs that required intravenous analgesia the pain must have been of a severe nature.
”Cause of this may include deep venous thrombosis (DVT) . He probably needed some anticoagulant which may not be available in oshogbo. So the doctor may have tried to relieve the intense pain with the iv analgesic while he shops around for the anticoagulant. The clot in his legs meanwhile may silently detach and move to the heart causing the devastating heart attack he suffered.
”For goodness sake no iv injection of analgesic will mix with fluid and cause heart attack, as suggested by Sahara Reporters. If he will suffer any deleterious effect from iv injection, most likely that will be a severe anaphylaxis (allergic drug reaction) a well known potential complication of intravenous injections,and this will occur almost immediately after the injection is administered. Certainly not after 12 or more hours.
”Sahara reporters is based in the USA they should have checked with a medical personnel before putting up this obnoxious and totally unscientific story.
”An official publication of the post mortem report is an imperative under the present circumstances,” he stated.
