• She was a gynaecologist hailed by many of her patients for her professionalism.
• The health ministry said at the beginning of the month that 186 health workers had tested positive for coronavirus and that no doctor had died from the virus.
In Kenya, doctors are mourning a colleague who died after contracting coronavirus, the country's main medics' union is saying.
A colleague described the medic as a "young doctor with so much to offer".
She was a gynaecologist who was hailed by many of her patients for her professionalism.
The health ministry said at the beginning of the month that 186 health workers had tested positive for coronavirus and that no doctor had died from the virus.
Some Kenyan doctors tweeted their tributes:
We have lost one of our own as a doctors’ fraternity to #Covid_19. A young doctor with so much to offer.
— Dr. Mercy Korir (@DrMercyKorir) July 10, 2020
Today, the Medical Fraternity in Kenya mourns😔.
— Dr.Bosire Wairimu MD, MSc, MBA (@Lasterbosire) July 10, 2020
We mourn our own, Dr. Adisa Lugaliki, an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist who succumbed in the line of duty due to #Covid_19 😭😭..
May your soul find eternal peace @MOH_Kenya @simonkigondu @KenyaMedics_KMA @kmpdu @KmpdcOfficial pic.twitter.com/MOYC3UQpqW
@kmpdu fraternity mourns the death of first doctor to succumb to COVID-19 related complications.We continue to demand all employers to fully protect their healthworkers.we all want to go home to our families safe .cc @MOH_Kenya @KenyaGovernors
— daktari ya wanawake (@femaledokta) July 10, 2020