Goldie Harvey |
The hospital where the beautiful pop star Goldie Harvey die, Reddington Hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos are now confirming that she died of Pulmonary Embolism. Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). PE most commonly results from deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in the deep veins of the legs or pelvis) that breaks off and migrates to the lung, a process termed venous thromboembolism (VTE). I have a colleague at NBC news who died from this while we were in Iraq reporting in 2003. David Bloom also died of DVT while in the desert in Baghdad. Awareness of DVT is very important. I educated ppl about it during my 28 years as a Pharmacist in North America. Read more here