Liberia again! Ebola patients doctor infected

by Kolapo Olapoju

 

Ebola01_2868315bAn American doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus.

Dr. Kent Brantly, who is the medical director for the aid organization’s case management center in Monrovia, tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital.

Brantly, 33, has been working in Liberia since October 2013 as part of the charity’s post-residency program for doctors. He was quoted in a posting on the organization’s website earlier this year about efforts to maintain an isolation ward for patients.

“The hospital is taking great effort to be prepared,” Brantly said.

“In past Ebola outbreaks, many of the casualties have been healthcare workers who contracted the disease through their work caring for infected individuals.”

Two days ago, a Liberian national who was suspected of having Ebola virus, died in Nigeria. His death became the first recorded case of one of the world’s deadliest diseases in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation, with 170 million people.

The Ebola disease has killed 673 in several African countries since the outbreak began earlier this year, with Liberia accounting for 106 deaths.

Comments (5)

  1. Its really unfortunate for this virus to be reached and contacted by nigerians I pray that God will gaurd and save his people

  2. Oh my God, what is all dis, b4 it was HIV – AID and still we hav no cure yet, and now is d so called Ebola virus. I think the world is coming to an END. May God hav mercy on us and save us from dis virus.

  3. Blessing u are a thief..people don’t fall for it..u are sending d recharge card to blessings no. imdf no is a gsm no,d oo9234……is d stammers no…don’t fall for d cheap scam

  4. May the lord in His loving kindness stem this demonic plague. May He show mercy & save the life of this Doctor who staked his own life in a bid to save others.

  5. I know how selfish it sounds but if I were a doctor,I wouldn’t treat Ebola patients. What’s the point when they would still die and I would likely get infected and die too? Nope,not me. Sorry!!!

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