A 37-year-old Nigerian woman, Chidimma Susan Ezenyili, who was working as a caregiver in the United Kingdom slumped on February 22 and died on February 24.
According to reports, Ezenyili slumped while Ezenyili was attending to an elderly woman, Ian Hale, in Scott Road.
Before Ezenyili relocated to the UK, she practised law in Nigeria. She and her husband, Friday, had been taking care of Hale for five months.
She relocated in August 2023 to give their toddler daughter, Mandy, a brighter future.
While talking about the incident, Catherine Segal, Hale’s daughter, said despite feeling unwell, Ezenyili continued her duties out of commitment to her responsibilities.
Segal said, “She (Ezenyili) was driven there by her husband with their three-year-old daughter as she wasn’t feeling well but didn’t want to let my dad down.”
Segal stated further that Ezenyili on Thursday, February 22, and stopped breathing and did not have a pulse.
She said: “Naturally, her husband started shouting for help. The neighbourhood raced to help. Myself and my husband ran outside along with our next-door neighbour and our neighbour from across the road. We had two GoodSAM first responders arrive shortly after to assist. The community first responder along with several ambulances, police and the critical care team arrived to take over attempts to save her life and were successful in getting her on life support in the ambulance.”
Segal said Ezenyili was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where it was discovered by doctors at the neurosciences critical care unit that she had suffered a severe brain haemorrhage.
While talking about Ezenyili, Segal’s husband, Saul said; “Sadly, life support was turned off two days later, on February 24, and she passed with her husband by her side. Suzy came here as a carer to fill a need in our community. She was qualified in law in Nigeria and was planning to attain her qualifications to practise law here after her sponsorship as a career finished. She was a really good carer.
“Kind, considerate and always willing to help no matter what the circumstances. Her dream was for her daughter, Mandy, to attend school in the UK and to make a new life here where she would have the opportunities that Suzy and Friday never had growing up in Nigeria.”
