A former House of Representatives member, Otunba Dino Melaye has urged President Goodluck Jonathan, to name a Federal Government owned hospital after the late Ameyo Adadevoh because of her gallant role in helping to curtail 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. Continue....
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 immotalise 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 immotalise 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 Nigerian 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 uncontainable 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 Adedevoh in all future situations where emergency was needed.
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