His uncle, Dr Onyekwena J.C, in a statement yesterday accused the doctor’s wife, the Minister of Health and Rivers State Government of conniving to damage the good name of the deceased doctor.
The family asked the relevant authorities to come out clean on what actually killed their son.
The statement titled: “Ebola in River State, not killer Ebola, “directed” at Dr. Ikechukwu Enemuo” claimed the family has been traumatised since the widely-publicised incident. continue...
It added that the late Enemuo’s sister, Chinyere, a graduate, has had her wedding ceremony slated for August 26 called off owing to the development.
Chinyere, the family added, was granted unprotected access to his brother without his EVD status disclosed as expected from health workers.
The family wondered how Enemuo, who did have any form of fever, diarrhea or vomiting, could have died of EVD.
The statement reads: “On 16th August Dr. Enemuo’s mother told me he was on admission. All efforts by the parents and I to get him treated by a specialist including Ebola centre were frustrated by the wife (probably plus his doctor) who keep saying he was better.
“The wife said there was nowhere in Rivers State you can get Ebola-help. I sent three numbers of Ebola Help-PH but it did not help them before or after Dr. Enemuo died
“When Dr. Enemuo’s sister called Ebola Help PH, they said they were coming on 22nd August 2014, two hours later he died.
“Immediate transport to mortuary for embalmment done by the wife and her brother without involving his parents who reside at Aba, his four cousins live in Port-Harcourt
“They were not contacted for the one week Dr. Enemuo was on admission. His doctor and the wife could not do the right thing
“His doctor and wife did not tell the sister who slept with him in the hospital (disposing his excreta and vomits) that he was an Ebola suspect
“Before and after death, they called members of his fellowship who had unprotected contacts with him. Ebola suspect is government property dead or alive, his wife (a health worker) and his doctor know that.
“Why did they not insist Ebola help should come to collect specimen from his body?
“We now depend on blood sample submitted to government five days after his death”
“On 26th August, the sister asked the doctor about the Ebola result, he said the sample was still with him and he was waiting for Ebola unit to come”
“If we are not sure the blood sample tested is Doctor Enemuo’s blood, why did the government refuse further test including DNA test when his family requested for that?
“Embalmment was done without informing mortuary workers he was Ebola suspect, every effort was made to spread Ebola.”
The family added: “Every effort made by the mother to come to Port-Harcourt to arrange for better treatment was frustrated”
“She even got up to motor park in Port Harcourt and was told her son was taken to Lagos for further treatment”
“On Sunday 31st August, when the government approached the sister to contact relations for burial, she insisted she should be tested.
“She had no fever, no diarrhea, no vomiting but said she had long history of mild occasional abdominal pain”
“Monday 1st September 2014 news was everywhere she tested positive. Her blood was collected 3rd, 5th, 6th Sept for test. I believe they are all negative”
“She was not treated as government is suggesting. They only switched off her phone and discharged her on 7th September.
“The wife left the husband’s residence on Thursday 28th August. By Sunday 31/8/14, she was said to be well (cured) with her three- month- old baby boy, who had child dedication and some church members who attended the dedication quarantined.”
“Dr. Enemuo’s wife delivered a baby girl on 7th August 2014 while the husband died two weeks later”
“Another woman who has a three- month- old baby boy probably stood for her in isolation centre”
“Ebola in Rivers State had a target, to kill and spoil the good name of Doctor Enemuo, no other person who had contact with Dr. Enemuo and the diplomat had fever within four weeks of his death (“except” the wife)”
“The diplomat became Ebola negative and well within three days, the doctor and nurses who treated him first ten day functioning as usual in his clinic.”
“The old woman who died later was declared Ebola negative 24 hours later (maybe when relations protested she did not have fever, diarrhea and vomiting etc). Diagnosis changed to heart and kidney disease.”
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