Family Of Ebola Victim, Obi Justina Ejelonu, Face Discrimination
The family of late nurse, Obi Justina Ejelonu, who died from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) on August 14, 2014, Thursday, lamented over enormous discrimination they face as a result of relative's death from the dreaded virus.
The family made these confessions during a telephone interview with SaharaReporters.
The elder sister of late Justina, Oyinye Lovelyn Anugwolu, works for Women’s Non-Governmental Organisation in Enugu. She narrated that her husband, parents and sisters are facing public humiliation and incredible pressure.
She explained that people have started treating them as if all of them were EVD carriers. The sister of Nigeria’s fourth Ebola victim said that her husband had been sent off work. The man is currently on a compulsory leave, as the co-workers and bosses fear he might have contacted the EVD himself.
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Mrs Anugwolu cannot understand and cannot accept such an attitude:
“I haven’t seen her (late sister) since October last year. We are not in contact,” she said, adding that Obi Justina Ejelonu spent her last days in Lagos, not in Enugu.
Mrs Anugwolu confirmed that her sister was buried in Lagos without presence of family members.
“Wherever my sister is, her soul will be at peace for bringing her plight to illuminate and force the government to act against Ebola,” she said.
The sister of the Ebola victim complained that the last days of her sister on Earth were extremely horrible. The woman said the government neglected people infected with Ebola, adding that some healthcare workers were so scared that refused to serve water to Justina and other people at a quarantine centre in Yaba area.
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It would be recalled that Obi Justina Ejelonu became the fourth person to die from EVD on the Nigerian territory. It all started with US-Liberian Patrick Sawyer, who imported the virus in the country and passed away in Lagos on July 25, 2014. One of the nurses, who attended Sawyer, died on August 5, 2014.
Mr Jatto Asihu Abdulqudir, ECOWAS office member in Lagos, lost his battle with the deadly virus one week later.
Source: Legit.ng
