Ebola outbreak: fourth doctor dies in Sierra Leone

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The death is a huge setback to the impoverished country, which is battling the virulent disease amid a shortage of healthcare workers.

Dr Olivet Buck died late Saturday, hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said it could not help medically evacuate her to Germany, Sierra Leone's chief medical officer Dr Brima Kargbo confirmed to the Associated Press.

Sierra Leone had requested funds from WHO to transport Buck to Europe, saying the country could not afford to lose another doctor. WHO said it could not meet the request but instead would work to give Buck "the best care possible" in Sierra Leone, including possible access to experimental drugs.


http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/14/ebola-outbreak-fourth-doctor-dies-sierra-leone

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1. Scary to watch these updates,

but I am watching this like a hawk because my son is teaching in Tanzania with the Peace Corps. I know they are keeping an eye in it as well and have evacuated volunteers from these areas. My son said the people in Tanzania don't seem as worried as I am because they live with deadly diseases much more than we do.

I do hope this can be contained and the doctors can learn more about how to stop it in the future.