20/10/2014
Ebola crisis: How Nigeria's Dr Adadevoh fought the virus
As Nigeria heaves a collective sigh of relief after being declared free of Ebola, one woman is being widely praised for helping to ensure a more devastating outbreak was avoided. Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh raised a red flag when attending to a Liberian patient at the First Consultant Hospital in Nigeria#039;s main city, Lagos, in July. Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian government employee, had just flown into the country, already sick - he should never have been allowed on the plane. Nigeria had never had an Ebola case before so it was an impressive piece of diagnostic work. Whilst caring for Mr Sawyer and protecting the nation from the virus, Dr Adadevoh and her colleagues were themselves at great...
