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Shocking!!! 17 Ebola Patients Has Been Reported Missing In Monrovia- Liberia by Alexas58: 7:15am On Aug 19, 2014 |
17 Ebola patients have been reported missing after fleeing an attack on an isolation ward in Monrovia, Liberia, by armed youths claiming the epidemic does not exist, tainting the spotlight on the struggle to raise awareness in the fight against the deadly virus. “They broke down the door and looted the place. The patients have all gone,” Rebecca Wesseh, who witnessed the attack in a badly hit area on the outskirts of the Liberian capital, told AFP news agency. The attackers, mostly young men armed with clubs, shouted that President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf “is broke” and “there’s no Ebola”, she said. The head of Health Workers Association of Liberia, George Williams, said the unit quarantined 29 patients who “had all tested positive for Ebola” and were receiving preliminary treatment before being taken to hospital. “Of the 29 patients, 17 fled last night (after the assault). Nine died four days ago and three others were yesterday taken by force by their relatives from the centre,” he said. Liberian police chief Alfred Karrow-Kamara said the panic was caused by a former nurse who reportedly told people in the nearby fish market that Ebola was a pretence for “carrying out cannibalistic rituals”. In Monrovia, residents had opposed the creation of the attacked quarantine centre, set up by health authorities in a part of the Liberian capital seen as an epicentre of the Ebola outbreak. “We told them not to (build) their camp here. They didn’t listen to us,” said a young resident who declined to give his name. “We don’t believe in this Ebola outbreak.” Health workers’ plea that relatives should stop bathing the dead — who are highly contagious — has also increased suspicions, as many traditional communities see ritual bathing as a way of honouring the dead. Gunmen attacked a facility treating Ebola patients in Monrovia, Liberia, late on Saturday, and some patients fled, Liberian National Police spokesman Sam Collins revealed yesterday. No one was injured in the attack, he said. All patients who ran away had Ebola, according to Collins, and some chose to stay at the facility. Since an Ebola epidemic was declared in Guinea in March, the disease has spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. Ebola can be contracted by coming into contact with infected organs and body fluids such as blood, saliva, urine and other secretions. In the deadly disease’s current outbreak in those countries, 712 people have died from Ebola and 1,310 people are Liberians confirmed to be infected with the virus, the World Health Organization reports. Tolbert Nyenswah, Liberia’s assistant minister of health, told reporters that, as of Friday, 154 people in the nation had died from Ebola. There are more cases in which patients are suspected to have the disease, but that information has not been confirmed, he said. Last week, Liberia’s government said that sample doses of ZMapp, an experimental drug used to treat two American health care workers in Atlanta, Georgia, would be sent to Liberia to treat doctors who have contracted the virus. The country had requested the drug, and the White House and US Food and Drug Administration approved it. Liberia has taken other measures to try to contain the virus. In late July, it closed most of its borders and national campaigns have been launched to educate the public about how Ebola is spread and what to do if someone comes into contact with an infected person. |
Re: Shocking!!! 17 Ebola Patients Has Been Reported Missing In Monrovia- Liberia by Alexas58: 7:24am On Aug 19, 2014 |
#sad...m feeling 4 liberia |
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