In recognition of her sacrifice towards preventing the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria, Google on Saturday celebrated Dr Stella Adadevoh with a doodle to mark her 62nd posthumous birthday.
Born on October 27, 1956, Dr Adadevoh died on August 19, 2014 having succumbed to the viral disease while quarantined at a health facility in Lagos.
“Today our #Googledoodle celebrates the life of Stella Adadevoh, the Nigerian doctor, who helped stop the spread of Ebola in the country during the 2014 outbreak,” Google announced on Saturday.
Today our #Googledoodle celebrates the life of Stella Adadevoh, the Nigerian doctor, who helped stop the spread of Ebola in the country during the 2014 outbreak. pic.twitter.com/qTl8gSrhAi
— Google in Africa (@googleafrica) October 27, 2018
Celebrating Nigerian physician Dr. Stella Adadevoh, whose expertise and bravery helped curb the spread of Ebola across Nigeria. #GoogleDoodle → https://t.co/sl38aBkKvs pic.twitter.com/ery7OuFARz
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) October 27, 2018
Adadevoh correctly diagnosed Liberian Patrick Sawyer as Nigeria’s first case of Ebola at First Consultant Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria in July 2014.
She kept Sawyer at hospital despite his insistence that he had was a bad case of malaria and that he needed to attend a business conference in Calabar, Nigeria.
Adadevoh led the team who oversaw Sawyer’s treatment despite receiving a request from a Liberian ambassador to release him from the hospital.
Sawyer eventually died from the disease as did Adadevoh and six others.
The 2016 Nigerian film, 93 Days, directed by Steve Gukas, tells the story of Sawyer’s treatment by Adadevoh and other medical staff, and the successful containment of the outbreak in Nigeria.
