14 Sep 2014
Ebola Claims The Life Of Another Doctor In Sierra Leone
A fourth doctor, Dr Olivet Buck has died of Ebola in Sierra
Leone after a failed bid to transfer her abroad for treatment. The doctor
passed away last night after the World Health Organization, WHO said it couldn’t
help to move her to Germany.
Sierra Leone had requested funds from the organisation to
transfer her for treatment saying it could not afford to lose another doctor.
However, Chief Medical Officer Dr Brima Kargbo confirmed today
September 14 that the Sierra Leone national had died on Saturday night. WHO
had said it could not meet the request but instead would work to give Dr Buck
'the best care possible' in Sierra Leone, including access to experimental
drugs.
This will come as a huge setback for the impoverished country
that is battling the virulent disease amid a shortage of health care workers.
A total of 301 health workers had become infected with the
disease as of September 7 in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to
WHO. Of that number, which included suspected and probable cases in
addition to confirmed ones, 144 had died.
Due to the fact that the virus is only transmitted through
contact with the bodily fluids of people showing symptoms or from dead bodies
of Ebola victims, health workers have been especially vulnerable as they
respond to the worst outbreak in history.
In Nigeria, the virus has claimed the lives of two doctors. http://real9jagists.blogspot.com/2014/09/ebola-claims-life-of-another-doctor-in.html
