So pathetic that Dr Adadevoh Ayemoh lost out. She became the latest
casualty of the Patrick Sawyer’s Bio-terrorism. It was dispiriting to
learn of the death of Dr Stella Ayemo.
Late Ameyo contracted the disease in the course of exercising her duty
on Mr. Sawyer. By her death, the Nigerian health sector nay government
have failed to make up for their heinous mistake of exposing the medic
to the grave usurper that mowed her.
They are to blame for not taking the necessary action in checking
inflights from Ebola hotspots. They are culpable in that on
discovering how feeble Sawyer was and knowing he had come from
Liberia, they failed, on taking him to the hospice, to alert the
management of their susceptibility of the patient for Ebola.
And when the deed was done, Nigeria again failed to do the needful- in
prevailing on the U.S. to send them the Zmapp even if it is one; at
least to save this great fighter. They failed her; they failed us. I
weep for Ms Adadevoh! I cry for her sacrifice unappreciated. So
pathetic.
As the first health care provider who treated the Liberian-American
and raised public alarm over the plot by the Liberian officials to
contrive the release of the patient for the planned calabar
conference; and thus, stalled the prospect of an outstretched
transmission, she should have won the sympathy of the Americans, for
her outstanding resoluteness, to have made available for her the
experimental Zmapp.
The defeat of Stella by Mr. Ebola more so in the line of duty is bound
to reflect on the general commitments of health care givers. It’s
definitely would lead to exasperation amongst practitioners; a case of
widespread distrust in the ability of government to come in for them
when hooked.
Consequently, the sad death of this mother of one raises more
questions. How will the death of Ms Stella be viewed amongst her
colleagues? How will she be looked at, if not as a foolhardy, who
risked life for a country that doesn’t care. Though that on itself my
sound so crude, but it is a consequence of the impression from the
government; something not far from a reflection of the truth as would
be obtained within such circle.
Her death, instead of spurring her colleagues, will necessitate a
gagging feel of demoralization; from no fault of hers but by the
palpable lack of concern from the powers that ought to be concerned.
Among the outside Nigerian community, it raises an issue over the
sense in evincing patriotism and commitment to the course of
fatherland. Who would actually want to die for a country that lacks
the acumen to appreciate selfless service? Who would want to die
‘wastefully’?
Late Adadevoh served Nigeria gallantly via her calling. If not for her
circumspection, what we are talking now in terms of spread and
contact-tracing would have been unbearably nasty.
But in all these, how was she paid back? She was allowed to die not
without a shown effort by the state to get her a drop of the
life-saving drug. When we consider the effort of Liberia, which took
advantage of the reality of a drug, solicited for theirs and received
positive response from the United State government, we would wonder at
the laxity of the so-called giant of Africa.