Enugu Corps Member Died Of Acute Kidney Injury, Not Substandard Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has dismissed claims that substandard and falsified medicine had been answerable for the demise of a corps member on the NYSC Orientation Camp in Agwu, Enugu State.

In an announcement approved by the Director General of the company, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, mentioned preliminary findings level to acute kidney harm following extreme dehydration and shock.

Prof. Adeyeye mentioned its investigation confirmed the late corps member was first dropped at the camp clinic on Wednesday, seventh October 2026, at about 9:00pm by two fellow corps members, presenting with signs suggestive of extreme malaria as a recognized peptic ulcer illness affected person.

According to the company, the deceased was stabilized with intramuscular antimalarial and different supportive intravenous drugs, positioned on mattress relaxation in a single day, and discharged on Thursday morning with oral medicine.

NAFDAC defined that the deceased returned to the clinic unaided on Saturday, tenth October, complaining of proper thigh ache and was suggested to see a physiotherapist. However, the attending physician observed profuse sweating and, upon examination, discovered his blood stress to be critically low at 80/40 mmHg.

He was stabilized with intravenous regular saline, however serial monitoring confirmed recurrent hypotension and poor urine output regardless of sufficient fluid resuscitation, which prompted his referral to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, in an ambulance accompanied by a health care provider.

The corps member reportedly went right into a coma upon arrival at UNTH, and all efforts to resuscitate him failed.

NAFDAC disclosed {that a} pal of the deceased later knowledgeable the camp clinic physician that the corps member had been vomiting for 2 days after his preliminary admission, a growth the physician was not conscious of on the time.

The Agency famous that the identical drugs administered to the late corps member had been additionally given to a number of different corps members on the camp who recovered after therapy, including that the medical doctors, pharmacists, and different healthcare staff on the camp clinic had additionally used the identical drugs themselves.

The medical group attributed the reason for demise to acute kidney harm secondary to extreme dehydration and shock.

NAFDAC mentioned its officers have visited the clinic, interviewed medical doctors and different employees, and picked up samples of the drugs for laboratory evaluation and additional crucial motion.

While commiserating with the household of the late corps member, the company urged most of the people to stay calm, assuring that every one crucial steps are being taken to make sure that medicines made accessible to the general public are protected, of fine high quality, and efficacious.