We're Devastated - Late Dr. Adadevoh's Family

Following the death of the Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist,
Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, her family members have said that they have been
left devastated.

Adadevoh was the lead doctor who attended to the late
Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, that brought the Ebola Virus
Disease to Nigeria.

She died on Tuesday night, making her the fifth recorded fatality of
the highly contagious disease in Nigeria.

One of the deceased's cousin, Biase, who had led an online campaign
urging the United States government and the western world to release
the experimental Zmapp drug to save Adadevoh's life took to Twitter to
mourn her death.

In the petition launched on change.org, which gathered over 3,000
signatures, Biase had begged the American government "to help save her
life."

But she said on Wednesday that she was heartbroken, adding that she
"doesn't know how to feel now."Writing on her Twitter page, she added,
"This is sad. I can't believe she died. Thank you to everyone that
signed and shared the petition. You guys were awesome. She's at peace
now. Not waiting for America to send her drugs."

Kwami, another relative of the late consultant physician with the
First Consultants Medical Centre, Lagos, stated that Adadevoh was her
"darling cousin."

Noting that the deceased taught him and his younger ones that hard
work pays, Kwami explained that her passing was not only sad but was
also a great loss to the entire Adadevoh family.

He stated that their family had received condolence messages from the
Nigerian authorities, through the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babtunde
Fashola.

He tweeted, "I would like to thank you all for your prayers. Sadly, my
darling cousin has been called home. She has finished her course and
now rests with God. She was my eldest cousin.
"The one who showed us all that it is possible to be chic and
hardworking. She was the best student everywhere. We have received
condolence messages from Lagos State Governor Babtunde Fashola and the
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris."

Another relative of the deceased, Wale Kwame, stated that "only God
knows" why Ameyo was not part of the survivors of the EVD.
"Just lost an aunt to Ebola: Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh. Only God knows best!
It really was a funny topic until the whole thing got real," Kwame
wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, tributes have continued to pour in for Ameyo from prominent
Nigerians and her medical doctor colleagues.In the several tributes
and eulogies posted online, many Nigerians hailed her as a "heroine"
and asked the Federal Government to immortalise her.

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