2 more Sierra Leonean doctors die of Ebola
Source: AP-Excite
By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Two more Sierra Leonean doctors have died from Ebola, further depleting the West African country's ability to respond to the devastating outbreak, health officials said Saturday.
The deaths bring the number of Sierra Leonean doctors killed by Ebola to nine. The disease is spread through the bodily fluids of people showing symptoms and people who have died of the disease. Because transmission requires close contact with those fluids, health workers are among the most at risk of contracting it and hundreds have become infected in this outbreak.
Dr. Thomas Rogers, who had worked at Connaught Hospital in the capital, died Friday, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brima Kargbo. Dr. Dauda Koroma also died Friday, said Jonathan Abass Kamara, a spokesman for the Health Ministry.
In all, 11 Sierra Leonean doctors have been infected; one has been cured and another is still in treatment.
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NOT JUST THE DOCTORS BUT THE WORKERS IN THE HOSPITAL TOO
the workers do not seem to rate news stories but their courage is not less
I want people to understand that while ebola was used as a repuke political talking point here, it is a very real tragedy in Western Africa
