The announcement of the death of Dr. Stella Shade Aneyo Adadevoh, the senior consultant physician who treated the late American-Liberian Ebola patient Patrick Sawyer, sent Nigeria,her family members and colleagues into mourning. Dr. Adadevoh showed bravery when she forcefully prevented Sawyer from leaving the hospital when he attempted to do so.
Her decision despite Saywer’s irrational behavior is believed to have saved many Nigerians from infection. If Sawyer had left the hospital like he forcefully attempted to, it would have been extremely difficult to track persons he would have made contact with outside the hospital. Get well messages and prayers for her recovery dominated the social media since reports of her infection by the deadly disease became public knowledge.
Dr. Adadevoh, a senior consultant at the hospital, was in her late 50s.
Health Minister Confirms Death
“The Honourable Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu regrets to announce the death, yesterda evening, of one of the primary contacts of the index Ebola Virus Disease case, the most senior doctor who participated in the management of the patient, a female consultant physician.
“With this unfortunate development the total number of Ebola Virus related deaths in Nigeria now stands at five.
“The other two patients currently under treatment in the isolation wards are stable and are being taken care of,” a late night statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the Health Minister, Mr. Dan Nwomeh, said.
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