Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor leading the fight
against Ebola in Sierra Leone, has died from the
virus.
Sierra Leone’s chief medical officer confirmed the
news yesterday Tuesday 29th July 2014.
Khan who was called a “national hero” by the Health
Ministry treated more than 100 patients. He died less
than a week after it was announced that he had been
infected, at the age of 39.
“It is a big and irreparable loss to Sierra Leone as he
was the only specialist the country had in viral
haemorrhagic fevers,” said the chief medical officer
Brima Kargbo.
According to the World Health Organisation, since
the outbreak in February, more than 672 people have
been killed in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.


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