A
former member of the House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye has
urged President Goodluck Jonathan, to name a Federal Government-owned
hospital after the late Dr Ameyo Adadevoh in recognition of her gallant
role in helping to contain the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease
in Nigeria.
Adadevoh, a senior consultant at the
First Consultant Hospital, Obalende Lagos, was said to have prevented
the Liberian/American Patrick Sawyer from running out of the hospital
after after he tested positive to the virus.
Melaye who stated this in a statement in
Abuja on Wednesday, commended the fallen heroine for her bravery which
he noted had helped the government in containing the spread of the
virus.
He said, “The courageous medical practitioner gave her life to save the lives of millions of Nigerians.
“If Patrick Sawyer had escaped out of
that hospital, it could have been tactically impossible to tame the
spread of this disease because he would have interacted with so many
people and become very difficult to trace those who had contracted the
disease.
“I want to use this opportunity to call
on President Goodluck Jonathan to immortalise this woman by giving her a
post-humous honour and if possible, name one of the national hospitals
in this country after her, we need to immortalise her.”
Melaye commiserated with the families of
those who also lost their lives to the virus, and appealed to the
federal government to compensate them.
He said, “We need to appreciate
Nigerians who had sacrificed their lives for humanity, our government
should not allow the labours of our heroes past to be in vain.”
He also commended the Lagos State Government for its efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
According to him, “We thank God that
this happened in Lagos, if it had happened in other states, the spread
of Ebola would have been difficult to contain, and our prayers is that
God would completely heal our land of this satanic disease.”
He equally urged members of the Nigerian
Medical Association to imbibe the spirit of Adadevoh in all future
situations where emergency was needed.
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