Why My Husband Took Ebola To Nigeria –Patrick Sawyer's Wife
In defence of her husband, Patrick Sawyer’s widow has explained why he travelled to Nigeria, despite the fact that he knew he was already contaminated with the Ebola virus. She claims he came down the virus because he had faith in Nigeria’s health system than that of his country: “I’ve read other reports in other papers 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. “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... ...