More glowing tributes have poured in for the late Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, from her old classmates at the Queen’s School, Ibadan.
Adadevoh was the lead doctor who attended to the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the Ebola Virus Disease to Nigeria.
The late doctor’s friends and colleagues at her alma mater under the auspices of the Queen’s School Ibadan Old Girls’ Association, opened an online memorial where they now relieve their fond memories of her.
Checks on the online memorial hosted on ameyo-adadevoh.muchloved.com showed that the old students have also turned the site to a platform where they comfort one another and grieve over Adadevoh’s passing.
Hailing her as a “heroine” who curbed a wider spread and outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria, the majority of her classmates insisted that the Federal Government must immortalise their favourite physician.
Urging President Goodluck Jonathan to honour her, one of her classmates, Mrs. Ranti Obileye, described the late doctor as a “distinguished old girl.”
Obileye argued that even if the Federal Government refused to heed their call and honour the ultimate sacrifice made by one of their own, the “indelible footprints” left behind would earn her a great reward in heaven.
“Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, I hail you! My dear distinguished old girl. You came, you saw, you conquered. In life you were an accomplished and revered doctor, but in death, you became a heroine when you defended your Hippocratic Oath by preventing Sawyer from spreading Ebola in Nigeria.
“If the kings of this world do not honour you, your Heavenly Father and the King of Kings along with host of angels are celebrating you now and have welcomed you with open arms to His everlasting Kingdom where there is no more pain.
“I commiserate with your son, family, loved ones and the Queen’s School Ede/Ibadan Old Girls Association. Sleep on beloved, until that resurrection morning when we shall meet to part no more. You have fought a good fight and left an indelible footprint in the sands of time, a crown of righteousness awaits you. Rest in peace,” Obileye wrote on the online memorial.
Another member of the QSOGA, Mrs. Debisi Ifaturoti-Bright, stated that the deceased was her family doctor, adding that the late physician was also always willing to receive all categories of patients – including those who reneged on paying their medical bills.
Adadevoh, she stated, had an unusual meek of kindness so much that she became the “magnificent problem-solver” for her health issues and those of her loved ones.
Ifaturoti-Bright explained that she was very fond of the deceased so much that she was almost directing a patient to her on Tuesday before it occurred to her that she was no more.
Lamenting her demise, Ifaturoti-Bright further stated that Adadevoh was a God-fearing medical practitioner whose dedication to humanity was unrivalled, adding that other physicians should learn some lessons from her life of service.
“How would I ever have known that this would happen? Like a candle in the wind, you (Adadevoh) are no more! God used you to save many lives in the past. I always had confidence in knowing that ‘Ameyo is there’ and I would send any and everyone around me who had a health challenge to you!
“More so, never did you ever ask me to stop sending even the poorer patients who could not pay fees; instead, you would still ‘do something’ for them! Even when I had a health challenge you were there for me too.
“You were an indefatigable, empathetic, brilliant, absolutely dedicated and proficient physician; incorruptible, focused and goal-targeted; God-fearing and God-loving. In fact, you were the ‘Hippocratic Oath Personified!’ I miss you so much, Ameyo,” Ifaturoti-Bright wrote.
Offering tributes and deep appreciation to Adadevoh, another old girl of the school, Mrs. Adenike Adewakun, credited her for averting an impending calamity that might have befallen the country, saying the deceased sacrificed her own dreams for the Nigerian people.
Adewakun said her relationship with Adadevoh, which dated back to since 1968, was marked by unique attributes which would forever remain a benchmark.
“And Ameyo (Adadevoh) died, having paid the ultimate price and leaving an indelible mark – for taking the road least travelled. The enduring attitudes, attributes, behaviour and characteristics that consistently distinguished you since we first met almost 46 years ago remain a benchmark and a hallmark.
“You were beautiful, bold, bright, brilliant, caring, competent, confident, courageous, diligent, excellent, fashionable, innovative, intelligent, kind, knowledgeable, loyal, real, thoughtful, vivacious and quintessentially professional. The nation owes you – a debt that can never be repaid! Thank you very much for doing right and for doing well,” Adewakun said in her tribute.
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