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Family Of Nurse Killed By Ebola Faces Public Humiliation And Stigma by jcflex(m): 6:15am On Aug 16, 2014
the family Nigeria’s fourth Ebola victim, late Ms. Justina Ejelonu has cried out over the barrage of discrimination they face as a result of her death from the dreaded disease. They disclosed this in a phone conversation with Saharareporters.
Obi Justina Ejelonu
Oyinye Lovelyn Anugwolu, the elder sister of late Justina, who works for Women NGO in Enugu, says her husband, sisters, parents are facing an unbearable stigma and public humiliation.
She told Saharareporters that people now treat family members as if they are all carriers of Ebola. Her husband she says has been sent on compulsory leave from work out of fearthat he is might have contracted the deadly Ebola disease.
“I haven’t seen her since October last year,” Mrs. Anugwolu says, “We are not in contact.”
Mrs. Anugwolu revealed that her sister did not spend her last days in Enugu but in Lagos where she died and was buried without the family. She also complained that her sister’s last days were gruesome. According to Mrs. Anugwolu, the government neglected her and other victims of Ebola. She told Saharareporters that her sister was denied water the day beforeshe died because healthcare workers were not willing to go in and serve her and others suffering in the quarantine center at Yaba area of Lagos.
“Wherever my sister is, her soul will be at peace forbringing her plight to illuminate and force the government to act against Ebola, ” she says.
Re: Family Of Nurse Killed By Ebola Faces Public Humiliation And Stigma by Ekundayo7: 6:39am On Aug 16, 2014
Steeewwwwpid ignorant Nigerians and their inability to reason with their F'ing brains. Always running to Fire on the mountain and annointing while shunning common sense, logic, and incapable of showing capacity to act like caring loving human beings.
Re: Family Of Nurse Killed By Ebola Faces Public Humiliation And Stigma by thorpido(m): 7:18am On Aug 16, 2014
^^No one knows how much contact she had with her family members.People just want to be safe than sorry.
You can't blame them though many will show ignorance.
Re: Family Of Nurse Killed By Ebola Faces Public Humiliation And Stigma by Nobody: 8:34am On Aug 16, 2014
omo na discrimination sure pass for now o

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