i am not happy with president jonathan ;- Late Dr. Adadevoh's mum
The late Adadevoh, who was the first doctor to be claimed by the virus in Nigeria, got infected by the index case, Patrick Sawyer, at the First Consultants Hospital, Obalende, Lagos, where she attended to him and physically prevented him from leaving the hospital, at the risk of her own life. Speaking with LEADERSHIP Weekend, the late Adadevoh’s uncle, Dr Andrew Omashogowa Mcintosh, who sobbed intermittently, said its painful that the family had not received the right response from the fedration. “Unfortunately, what is painful in my heart is because I have not seen the right response from our president, Jonathan. No right response from the federal government. I feel the pain in my heart when they now merely refer to Ameyo as the female dead doctor, a mere female dead doctor for that matter its realy painful. What is wrong with this country? Instead of Jonathan coming to vissit us – look, if Ameyo had allowed Sawyer to run away, he would have disseminated Ebola to a lot of Nigerians and the spread would be out of control of the government. the index would have thrown Nigeria into a pandemic situation and confusion that will be hard to resolve. Federal Government officials now say she is a female dead doctor — no appreciation, no value; nothing nothing this should not be so, not a female dead doctor,” he lamented. The deceased’s uncle also lamented the federal government for linking the late doctor’s death with the strike by doctors: “This is unrelated with the doctors’ strike. Doctors’ strike is different from Ameyo’s death. They are not advising Jonathan enough. Doctors’ strike is based on political problems; it is different from what Ameyo paid the supreme price for. This has to do with safety and security of Nigerians. She saved lives and it has nothing to do with politics. There is no reason or what so ever why President Jonathan should keep quiet about Ameyo’s case. He should be able to make a difference between these two things and come out to honour Ameyo and the family. Ameyo needs to be honoured. A monument needs to be built to honour her. We should do the right thing atleast for once.” When Dr Andrew was asked about the family forgiving Patrick Sawyer after his wife’s apology to Adadevoh’s family, he replied: I told you what Ameyo meant to the family. Her apology on behalf of her late husband can only be accepted when it comes sincerity and genuinely from the heart. Personally, I can only accept it when it is not from the lips of the wife but from the heart. You can tell me you are sorry and may only be from the lips not from the heart and it has no value but when it is from the heart it is a different ball in the game. There is a unique feeling there. It is not all about saying I am sorry. Did it come from her heart and spirit? Well, if comes from her heart and spirit, I accept her apology. Mind you I am speaking for myself not for others.
