3 Years Gone!! Nigerians Remembers Dr. Stella Adadevoh Who Prevented The Spread Of Ebola In Nigeria

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She was a dogged fighter who saved Nigeria from a disaster which would have whipped the population.
Today makes three years that medical personnel, Dr. Stella Adadevoh, died after she contracted the deadly Ebola disease while trying to prevent its spread in Nigeria. She is celebrated for having curbed a wider spread of the virus by placing the patient zero, Patrick Sawyer in quarantine despite pressures from the Liberian government. On 4 August 2014, it was confirmed that she had tested positive for Ebola virus disease and was being treated. She however died from the disease on August 19th. 

 Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole and other Nigerians have taken to twitter to pay glowing tributes to her. See their tweets below....




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