The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Rivers State Branch, has expressed deep sadness over the death of Dr. Stephen Vanman, a medical officer whose lifeless body was reportedly found at Market Junction along Aba Road, Port Harcourt
The NMA disclosed the incident in a statement, signed by its Rivers State Branch Secretary, Dr. Diamond Tonye-Obene, and posted on its official Facebook page.
The association said its State Officers Committee (SOC), led by the branch Chairman, Prof. Ureh Oparaodu, was alerted earlier on Tuesday that Vanman was missing after reportedly leaving for work at an unidentified private hospital.
NMA said it immediately contacted the deceased doctor’s relatives and roommates, who confirmed that the victim had been unreachable since Saturday night.
The statement said the SOC later accompanied Vanman’s family to the Mini-Okoro Police Station, Rumuobiakani, Port Harcourt, where they were told that his body had been found by police personnel at Market Junction on Sunday morning, August 9.
“The SOC also accompanied the family to the mortuary, where the corpse was inspected and confirmed,” the statement said.
Vanman, according to the NMA, was a medical officer who completed his compulsory housemanship at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) earlier in the year before taking up employment in private medical practice.
The association described his death as a “tragic loss” and extended its condolences to his family, friends, colleagues and other loved ones.
The NMA Rivers State Branch also pledged to cooperate with security agencies investigating the circumstances surrounding the doctor’s de.ath.
The body of the doctor was reportedly deposited at a mortuary after it was found on Sunday.
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This is so unfortunate
SAD