In a heart-wrenching message shared with her family in a messenger chatroom shortly before her reported death, Jamesetta Kugmeh, the 28-year-old Liberian mother at the center of a growing medical negligence scandal, pleaded for an autopsy to determine the true cause of her condition, one she believed involved foul play both in Liberia and Ghana.
“Hello family, I don’t pray for any bad thing to happen to me,” Kugmeh wrote. “But just in case I don’t make it out of this, you people should please request for an autopsy to check my abdomen properly and know the actual cause of death.”
The message, reportedly delivered via a private family communication and now circulating online, has added fuel to a public outcry demanding accountability over the circumstances surrounding Kugmeh’s medical treatment at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia and subsequent care in Ghana.
“I’m suspecting a foul play in my medical reports both in Ghana and Liberia,” Kugmeh continued. “I’m begging you please. Let doctors reopen my body in the presence of my family… You people should please don’t allow these people that did this to me to go free.”
Kugmeh’s words have ignited fresh outrage across Liberia, with many pointing to her message as further evidence of deep-rooted failures and possible coverups within the country’s healthcare system.
“There is a reason why my kidneys failed and I never had any kidney problems,” she said. “At the meantime, I’m holding on and still trusting in God. Please post this just in case I pass.”
Kugmeh’s ordeal began in February during a routine antenatal visit to ELWA Hospital. Following a decision to induce labor, complications arose, leading to an emergency C-section. What followed, according to family and her own posts, were catastrophic health complications: organ failure, third-degree burns, and the removal of her womb.
She was flown to Ghana for further treatment in April before returning to Liberia, where she reportedly died at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center early Tuesday morning.
While official confirmation of her death remains pending, her final words have added pressure on Liberian health authorities and the Liberian Medical and Dental Council to launch an independent and transparent investigation. Advocates are now echoing her dying wish: a full autopsy, witnessed by family, and the pursuit of justice.
“This was not just a medical failure, it’s a human rights crisis,” said one protester at Monday’s demonstration outside the Ministry of Health. “She knew something was wrong. She begged for the truth. We owe it to her to find it.”
As the nation mourns, Kugmeh’s voice, defiant, desperate, and determined, continues to resonate. She may be gone, but her plea remains: “Please don’t allow them to go free.”
