The widow of late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-
American who brought Ebola into Nigeria, has
made heartfelt revelations on why her husband
deliberately came into the country with the deadly
disease .
Premium Times reports that the wife of the late
Patrick, Decontee Sawyer, who is a Radio Host in
New York has cleared the rumours about how her
husband was defiant to the law that restricted
any Ebola infected person from travelling outside
the country.
Late Patrick Sawyer’s wife Decontee Sawyer
Related: EBOLA: Liberia Apologises To Nigeria
Decontee made it known that it was the yearning
of his late husband to receive adequate health
care which he could not get in Liberia that made
him opted to travel down to Africa’s most
populous country, Nigeria.
Mrs Sawyer also took to her Facebook account to
explain more about it. In her words: “I’ve read
other reports in other papers (not the New York
Times) about Patrick’s “recklessness.” I get
where they’re coming from, and they certainly
have the right to feel the way they do. However,
as Patrick’s widow, I would like to shed some
light on this from another perspective. One that
only I, his wife, would know,” she wrote.
“I knew Patrick better than anybody else
(including himself). He had told me many times in
the past how much he didn’t trust the Liberian
healthcare system. He would tell me about how a
person would get checked in for one thing, and
get misdiagnosed and get the wrong treatment as
a result. On top of that, Patrick was a clean freak,
and told me how filthy a lot of the hospitals were.
“He didn’t tell me this, but I know in my heart of
hearts that Patrick was determined to get to
Nigeria by all means because he felt that Nigeria
would be a place of refuge. He has expressed to
me many times in the past that he felt
passionately about helping to be a part of
strengthening Liberia’s healthcare system, but he
knew it wasn’t there yet, and he wouldn’t want to
take a chance with his life because a lot of people
depended on him… Patrick had a passion for life,
and he wouldn’t have wanted his to end. So, I bet
anything that he was thinking, if I could only get
to Nigeria, a way more developed country than
Liberia, I would be able to get some help. How
ironic.”
The late Liberian-American’s decision to travel
down to Nigeria has caused so many uproar and
panic in the country as many Nigerians have
booed the late Sawyer as an inconsiderate fellow
who just wanted to deliberately spread the deadly
disease. Even the Nigerian President, Goodluck
Jonathan, few days ago lambasted the late
Sawyer calling him a mad man
for the irrational decision he took by travelling to
Nigeria.
Mrs. Sawyer however combated words of many
people saying her husband deliberately brought
the disease to the country by saying: “It has been
reported that Patrick avoided physical contact
with everyone he came across during his trip from
Liberia to Nigeria. The CCTV in the airport
revealed it. When he got to Nigeria, he turned
himself in letting them know that he had just
flown in from Liberia.
“Patrick went to Nigeria for help so that he can
get properly diagnosed, and not misdiagnosed in
Liberia. And if it came back that he did have
Ebola, he trusted the Nigerian healthcare system
a lot more than he trusted the Liberian’s. His
action, as off as it was, was a desperate plea for
help. Patrick didn’t want to die, and he thought
his life would be saved in Nigeria.”
Mrs. Sawyer further took a swipe at the Liberian
President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who said Mr
Sawyer was indisciplined and disrespectful for
failing to heed medical advice not to travel. Mrs
Sawyer said if President Johnson-Sirleaf had
fixed the healthcare system in Liberia, her
husband would not have left in search of
treatment elsewhere.
“I write today, not simply because of Patrick, but
because of the broken healthcare system in the
Liberia, and the government’s inability under
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (and other past
Presidents) to fix it. Good doctors, nurses, and
other healthcare providers aren’t given the
support they need to save lives.
“President Sirleaf went on CNN News throwing
stones at Patrick, a man who can no longer
defend himself, a man who worked tirelessly for
Liberia. She should be ashamed of herself. I used
to admire this woman, and was excited and proud
of her accomplishment as the first woman
President in the entire continent of Africa. She will
always own that. We will always own that. It
can’t be taken away from her. It’s something to
be proud of. But this woman has failed her
country,” s he wrote.
It would be recalled that Nigeria had a clean slate
of the record of the disease not until the late
Patrick Sawyer walked right into the country’s
biggest city, Lagos.

http://www.naij.com/276765-ebola-patrick-sawyer-deliberately-travelled-nigeria-wife.html

hmm

When he could have gone to NY there and get better treatment and care if his wife, or South Africa or even India. Na nigeria? Tell another one, this one no sell.

mtcheew

Lie from the pit of hell. Between Nigeria and America, where will Patrick sawyer get better treatment? Since he is an American citizen, why did he not fly straight to the U.S for treatment?

There's definitely something the said Sawyer knows that a lot of us don't know.

eye running of life.

Imagine, I can call this sawyer a wicked and self centered animal

Both dis woman n d yeye sawdust (sorry Sawyer ) planned dis together. It was a well planned terrorist attack on Nigeria. If someone dat happens to b an American citizen now believes Nigeria is where he can get medical help, dat surely made d wife's claim a pure lies.
However, all hope is not lost,shey na Sawyer died, his wife should be arrested as aiding and abetting a terrorist. Witch!