Google Celebrates Stella Adadevoh – Nigerian Doctor, Who Helped Stop Ebola Spread in 2014
Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 62nd posthumous birthday of Stella Adadevoh, the late Nigerian medic, who helped stop the spread of Ebola Virus in the country during the outbreak in 2014.
In celebrating the Ebola hero, Google has dedicated a doodle to Stella Adadevoh.
Doodles are changes made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists.
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.
Until her death in 2014, Adadevoh, who was a doctor at First Consultant Hospital, Yaba, Lagos state, is remembered for curbing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria by placing Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian, in quarantine despite pressure from the Liberian government to release him.
When threatened by Liberian officials who wanted the patient to be discharged to attend a conference, she resisted the pressure and said, “for the greater public good” she would not release him.
Since Nigeria’s health system was not prepared for an outbreak at the time, she contracted Ebola and died alongside 3 of her colleagues.
She was born on October 27, 1956.
The Federal Government of Nigeria had posthumously honoured Dr. Adadevoh for her heroic effort in ensuring that the virus does not escalate in the country.
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