[TRENDING] Tragic Twist: How Nigerian lawyer turned UK caregiver collapsed on duty, died days after
A 37-year-old Nigerian caregiver in the United Kingdom collapsed on February 22, succumbing to death two days thereafter.
According to reports, the caregiver identified as Chidimma Susan Ezenyili, also known as Suzy, suffered a collapse while on duty in the streets of Bishop’s Stortford.
Ezenyili, a former lawyer in Nigeria, was caring for the elderly Ian Hale in Scott Road. Despite not feeling well herself, she pushed through her duties before collapsing on the fateful day, as reported.
In August 2023, Ezenyili and her husband, Friday, left Nigeria to work as caregivers on sponsorship visas, aiming to provide a better life for their toddler daughter, Mandy.
Having migrated to the UK, the 37-year-old had been dedicatedly caring for 86-year-old Hale for the past five months.
Hale’s daughter, Catherine 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.”
When Segal recounted the incident, she said the caregiver collapsed on Thursday, February 22, and stopped breathing and did not have a pulse.
“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,” Segal said.
Segal further said, “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.”
Transported to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the caregiver underwent examination at the neurosciences critical care unit, revealing a severe brain hemorrhage.
Segal and Ezenyili’s manager from Harlow-based Care at Hand Ltd, Elisha Newberry, went to the hospital with Friday to support him.
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.”
But Segal said, “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 carer 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.”
