- Published: 23 September 2014
Monrovia – Two more relatives of the late Miss Liberia 2009/2010 Shu-rina Rose Wiah have succumbed to death just a week after she died of circumstances related to the deadly Ebola virus. Shu-rina died just few days after her sister, Sieanyene Toose Yuoh- Katty, lost her life to what family sources say, was complications from an appendix surgery.
The deaths are heightening calls for authorities to do speedy tests of corpses prior to cremating bodies amid growing fears that corpses from several suspected cases of Ebola are being cremated without actual confirmation that they died of the deadly Ebola virus.
The issue is poised for even more complications after Toose’s son, Kelvin Kels Toure, who has been quarantined along with his brother at the ELWA 3 MSF Ebola treatment facility, was reported dead Sunday. Oxford Wiah, a brother of Shu-rina who was quarantined along with Kels and Toose’s second son, also died Monday. Both deaths have not yet been confirmed to be Ebola by authorities and it is unclear whether the corpses would be or have already been cremated.
Toose died on Sunday, August 31, 2014 at about 5:28 PM and her remains deposited at the Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Home in Monrovia. A funeral was held on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 10:00 am and she was buried at the 1st Baptist Church cemetery, oldest Congo Town Back Road.
Although there have been fears that her death was related to Ebola, that has not been proven as there has not been any incident at the Stryker Funeral Home which processed Toose’s body.
Her Sister, Shurina shockingly died on Tuesday, September 15, 2014. Shurina’s mother Rev. Mother Rosie Dillon-Wiah told FrontPageAfrica Tuesday that her daughter had not died from Ebola as was widely speculated on the social media Facebook and in Monrovia. “She did not die from Ebola.”
‘This is Depressing’
The mother explained that "Shurina had not eaten for a week, that’s why she was weak and she died. When they came for the body, they asked whether she had sore mouth, I said no. She was not vomiting, not bleeding. Then they told us that we had called the wrong rescue team and they took the body away, but there was no sign of Ebola on Shurina, I swear. They collected the body and never tested the body. They said we called the wrong team, the burial team when we should have called the testing team first,” Mother Rosie lamented.
A relative citing one of the nurses, posted on Facebook Monday that Kelvin, whose aunt, is the late Shu-rina, was not responding to treatment at ELWA and kept saying he was getting ready for his mom’s funeral. “This is depressing. RIP Family!”
Some family members have suggested that Kelvin was depressed over his mother’s loss and are ruling out Ebola as a cause of death. Others are not so sure. “They (authorities are not communicating with the families. So they do not know whether they died from Ebola or whether their bodies have been cremated already. We don’t know.”
But even if Kelvin did die of Ebola,
family members continue to scramble for answers as to where he may have
gotten infected amid uncertainty over how Shu-rina died as no tests were done prior to her cremation and her mother’s insistence that she did not die of the deadly virus.
">Another sister of Shu-rina has since been discharged from JFK treatment facility after showing no signs of Ebola. Rev. Mother Rose Wiah, Shu-rina’s mom and several other family members, including Toose’s second son, are still under quarantined.
Several dignitaries, family and friends who attended Toose’s funeral have been concerned amid fears that family members were quarantined after Shu-rina’s death.
The deaths of a further two family members are triggering more fears. Associate Justice Sieanyene G. Yuoh, Toose’s aunt is still in good spirits and said she is showing no signs of the Ebola virus as is being widely speculated in Monrovia.
Speaking to FrontPageAfrica Friday from Nashville, Tennessee, the United States of America, Associate Justice Yuoh, who was among several dignitaries who attended Toose’s funeral, said she reported herself to the hospital as soon as she learned of Shurina’s death.
"I reported myself when I got here and I have no symptoms for ten days. I’m running no fever, my life is not at risk, and my children’s lives are not at risk. I have been walking every hour by the grace of God, I am fine."
">Another sister of Shu-rina has since been discharged from JFK treatment facility after showing no signs of Ebola. Rev. Mother Rose Wiah, Shu-rina’s mom and several other family members, including Toose’s second son, are still under quarantined.
Several dignitaries, family and friends who attended Toose’s funeral have been concerned amid fears that family members were quarantined after Shu-rina’s death.
The deaths of a further two family members are triggering more fears. Associate Justice Sieanyene G. Yuoh, Toose’s aunt is still in good spirits and said she is showing no signs of the Ebola virus as is being widely speculated in Monrovia.
Speaking to FrontPageAfrica Friday from Nashville, Tennessee, the United States of America, Associate Justice Yuoh, who was among several dignitaries who attended Toose’s funeral, said she reported herself to the hospital as soon as she learned of Shurina’s death.
"I reported myself when I got here and I have no symptoms for ten days. I’m running no fever, my life is not at risk, and my children’s lives are not at risk. I have been walking every hour by the grace of God, I am fine."
