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Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Breaking News: Dr Adadevoh Dies



  
Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh is a true hero. A woman that saved millions of Nigerian lives in a selfless act. Stood firm to contain Ebola in Nigeria even though she died in the process. Senior Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at First Consultant Hospital in Lagos, she was one of the doctors that attended to Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian that brought Ebola to Nigeria. She refused to let Patrick Sawyer leave the hospital even when the Liberian Ambassador pressured her to release him.


Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh got infected with Ebola from Sawyer and lost the battle against Ebola yesterday evening, 19th August 2014. Your memory will live on, ma'am. Nigerians will NEVER forget you because you saved us. We love you and we pray God gives your family, your husband, your son the fortitude to bear this loss. Your soul will rest in perfect peace. 



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She succumbed to the disease on Tuesday evening.
According to reports, she went into a coma on Monday and despite the valiant battle by the medical team to save her life, she could not survive the scourge of the disease.
Over the weekend, reports had suggested that she had survived the disease and had been discharged from quarantine, until the Minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu issued a
statement clarifying that she was not the survivor.
Although, there was high hopes that she would miraculously pull through, it didn’t become a
reality.
The late Dr. Adadevoh was the first grandchild of Mrs Sarah Idowu Abigail Adadevoh nee Macaulay, making her a great granddaughter of the late nationalist Herbert Macaulay described as the founder of Nigerian nationalism.
Her Father was Prof. Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh, who was a grandson of the grand old man of Nigerian anti-colonial politics. He was also a physician.
Family Tree Genealogy website has Sarah Abigail Idowu Macaulay as the daughter of Herbert Macaulay. She went on to marry Adadevoh. According to Family Tree, they have six children listed as follows;
Kwame Adadevoh, Kwaku Adadevoh, Stella Shade Ameyo Adadevoh, Charity Ronke Awoyo Adadevoh, Kowu Adadevoh and Awushi Adadevoh.

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