Some weeks ago, the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called on Liberian government workers who were outside the country to return to help fight the Ebola epidemic. Over the weekend, President Sirleaf also called on the world to respond to the disease that is out of control in her country.
Sirleaf said in her open letter to world leaders: “the whole world has a stake” in preventing an unfolding catastrophe in Liberia. She called on nations to provide more medical experts and supplies to help Liberia and other afflicted countries confront the epidemic.”
While her call is just and heartfelt, the action of one of her children, a medical doctor, is in conflict with it.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Dr James Adama Sirleaf pulled his medical training group out of Liberia and returned to his family in Georgia because of mounting risks to doctors there.
Dr. Sirleaf was quoted to have said “The symbolism of me going there and potentially getting Ebola when I have a nine- and a seven-year-old at home isn’t worth it just to appease people”.
So, while doctors from across the world make the decision to go to Ebola-hit countries to confront the disease, the president’s son believes his country is better served from the USA! He truly believes he is making greater contribution running an emergency room at an Albany hospital, while coordinating supply of protective gear for those fighting at the front lines in his home country.
Source: Eagleeyereports