Wife of the late liberian American patrick sawyer has taken to the media to explain her husband action saying it was his quest for quality healthcare that made travel top Nigeria at all cost. She
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, bu
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,” she 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.
Sources: Naij.com news , Premium Times https://m.premiumtimesng.co
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Patrick Sawyer the demented goat

He's a Liberian American right?

Since liberia couldn't give him the quality health care he desired, why didn't he opt for the USA?
When did Nigeria start giving treatments for ebola.?

Madam Sawyer the crazy man, just shut up pls.

Stop trying to sound sweet, I Ain't appeased at all.


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