Sierra Leone News: Kroo Bay quarantined
Security forces yesterday afternoon, quarantined a house in Freetown’s biggest slum, Kroo Bay, in the west of Freetown.
This followed the death of a herbalist Santigie Bangura alias ‘Agba Kudu-ku’ on Monday a day after he was discovered during the Ose-to-Ose exercise on Sunday.
According to information from those around, Agba Kudu-Ku, who was a popular herbalist, had accepted to heal a patient who had been brought to him from the Northern Province of ‘Alay’ but who was actually an Ebola victim.
A few days after, the patient died and Agba being a popular person in the community convinced the Burial team that the man had died of natural causes while others yesterday said he succeeded in bribing the team.
However, when Awoko visited the Bay area on Sunday, it was whispered that Agba may be an Ebola patient as he was sick after attempting to heal an unknown patient.
Eventually the Ebola response team was alerted and they took him to the Connaught Hospital Holding Centre where he was kept until his death on Monday.
He however died after testing positive to Ebola and as a result those around his household fled while some who were left were quarantined yesterday by security forces to ensure that they go through the 21 days period without any signs of Ebola.
Meanwhile, there are fears that those who had fled may cause the spread of the disease in the slum which may be a big disaster in Freetown.
As a result , people are calling for Port Loko and Lunsar to be quarantined while others say commercial transportation to Freetown should be halted.
By Jay Willie & Bernard Turay
Thursday September 25, 2014
http://awoko.org/2014/09/25/sierra-leone-news-kroo-bay-quarantined/
This followed the death of a herbalist Santigie Bangura alias ‘Agba Kudu-ku’ on Monday a day after he was discovered during the Ose-to-Ose exercise on Sunday.
According to information from those around, Agba Kudu-Ku, who was a popular herbalist, had accepted to heal a patient who had been brought to him from the Northern Province of ‘Alay’ but who was actually an Ebola victim.
A few days after, the patient died and Agba being a popular person in the community convinced the Burial team that the man had died of natural causes while others yesterday said he succeeded in bribing the team.
However, when Awoko visited the Bay area on Sunday, it was whispered that Agba may be an Ebola patient as he was sick after attempting to heal an unknown patient.
Eventually the Ebola response team was alerted and they took him to the Connaught Hospital Holding Centre where he was kept until his death on Monday.
He however died after testing positive to Ebola and as a result those around his household fled while some who were left were quarantined yesterday by security forces to ensure that they go through the 21 days period without any signs of Ebola.
Meanwhile, there are fears that those who had fled may cause the spread of the disease in the slum which may be a big disaster in Freetown.
As a result , people are calling for Port Loko and Lunsar to be quarantined while others say commercial transportation to Freetown should be halted.
By Jay Willie & Bernard Turay
Thursday September 25, 2014
http://awoko.org/2014/09/25/sierra-leone-news-kroo-bay-quarantined/
