Monday, November 3, 2014

Fifth Sierra Leone doctor dies after contracting Ebola

Health worker prepares protective equipment near Rokupa Hospital FREETOWN (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone doctor died on Monday from Ebola, making him the fifth local doctor in the West African state to have succumbed to the hemorrhagic fever that has taken a heavy toll on the country's medical personnel. Dr Godffrey George, a medical superintendent at the Kambia Government Hospital in the north of the country, died after he tested positive for Ebola on Saturday, according to Sierra Leone's Chief Medical Officer Brima Kargbo. ...








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