3rd Doctor Dies From Ebola in Sierra Leone

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Source: Associated Press

A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as health workers tried to determine how a fourth scientist also contracted the disease before being evacuated to Europe.

The announcements raised worries about Sierra Leone's fight against Ebola, which already has killed more than 1,400 people across West Africa. The World Health Organization said it was sending a team to investigate how the epidemiologist now undergoing treatment in Germany may have contracted the disease that kills more than half its victims.

"The international surge of health workers is extremely important and if something happens, if health workers get infected and it scares off other international health workers from coming, we will be in dire straits," said Christy Feig, director of WHO communications.

Dr. Sahr Rogers had been working at a hospital in the eastern town of Kenema when he contracted Ebola, said Sierra Leonean presidential adviser Ibrahim Ben Kargbo on Wednesday. Two other top doctors already have succumbed to Ebola since the outbreak emerged there earlier this year, including Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who also treated patients in Kenema.



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These statements in the article are concerning.

"He wasn't in treatment centers normally," she said by telephone from Sierra Leone. "It's possible he went in there and wasn't properly covered, but that's why we've taken this unusual measure — to try to figure out what happened."

While some local health workers have lacked proper protective gear, the teams from the World Health Organization and Doctors Without Borders are usually well-equipped and trained in how to use the protective suiting.

A team of two experts was sent Tuesday to investigate whether the case occurred through straightforward exposure to Ebola patients, or something else, said Feig, the WHO spokeswoman. She said the team is checking to see if there is an infection risk in the living and working environments that had not been discovered."

[tclambert]

1. Jon Pertwee?

[sakabatou]

4. *cringe*

[SnakeEyes]

8. Those with the under are winners

[still_one]

2. so sad

[Warpy]

3. My best guess is that they're not being infected at the hospital.

They don't wear their protective equipment outside the hospital where they have to go to eat.

It's either that or their cleanup area where they doff the protective suits is less than adequate.

[progressoid]

5. He should have prayed to god more.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantlys-full-remarks-god-saved-my-n185956

Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly's Full Remarks: 'God Saved My Life'

[B2G]

6. How incredibly helpful. nt

[passiveporcupine]

7. Yeah, that will surely help the locals remain healthy

All they have to do is pray a lot and believe.

Sorry, this was in reply to progressoid, not the OP.