| Sierra Leone News : Panic Grips PZ By Augustine Samba & Edward Tommy Sep 16, 2014, 17:06 |
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Passers-by
and traders as well as other onlookers witnessed a special drama last
evening at the PZ Roundabout when a madman appeared with a bundle of
used Ebola Burial Team protective gowns. Panic and fear almost inundated
everyone who took notice of the insane man demonstrating the used gowns
as if it was premeditated. The wearing of one of the used gowns right at the center of Freetown (PZ Roundabout) left traders and citizens in a state of panic, sending them up and down seeking protection away from ugly scene. After
demonstrating how to use one of the used gowns the mad man deposited
the remaining bundle right at the heart of the Freetown City and took to
his heels fully dressed as a member of the Ebola Burial Team.
The
act then left citizens expressing doubt and dismay in the Freetown
burial teams as according to many who spoke to our reporters said the
madman clearly exposed the burial team as being careless in depositing
their own protective gears in the graves of the Ebola victims or burn
them as mandated.
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| Protective Ebola Gears at PZ |
According
to one Alimamy Conteh a foreign currency changer (dollar boy) at PZ
Roundabout said the madman who was putting on a protective gear arrived
at PZ with a bundle of the protective gears. He said the madman then
removed the one he was putting on then put on another leaving the one he
just removed at the roundabout and went away. Mr. Conteh furthered
that, the gown the madman left behind was then isolated so as to prevent
people from touching it, adding that, they had since called the 117
free toll lines but as at the time of the interview the said gears had
not been removed from where it was deposited.
Talking
to one Francess Turay who identified herself as a trader expressed
total dismay in the burial team for deliberately going against their
mandate of burying Ebola victims with their protective gears.
She
asked “How would a madman be in possession of a whole bundle of used
Ebola protective gears when it was supposed to be buried with Ebola
victims?”
She added that it is total neglect of the burial team for which action must be taken to prevent further eventualities.
Frederick
Hooke expressed concern as to who the madman would have come in contact
with, which according to him will increase the spread the disease. He
indicted the burial teams and called for proper monitoring and
surveillance as to how the burial is being done.
Many
other citizens accused the burial team for not adhering to the burial
rules of burying the victims with the protective gears used to prevent
the spread of the disease which will eventually lead
to its eradication from the country. They also appealed to the
Government through the Health Ministry and stakeholders concerned to
recruit the right individuals who will adhere to the rules of burying
Ebola victims and not those who will put the lives of the citizens at stake.
