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Face to Face with Ebola - An Emergency Care Center in Sierra Leone

Wolz A
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Face to Face with Ebola - An Emergency Care Center in Sierra Leone | Journal Article / Commentary | MSF Science Portal
Abstract
At 6 a.m., our medical team arrives at the Ebola case-management center in the Kailahun district of Sierra Leone to take blood samples. At our 80-bed center here near the borders of Liberia and Guinea, 8 new patients were admitted yesterday, 9 need to have a repeat test 72 hours after their symptoms began, and some we hope to discharge today: at least 18 blood samples to obtain. The center currently houses 64 patients in all, 4 of them children less than 5 years of age. We have already seen 2 patients die today. I have been here for 7 . . .

Countries

Sierra Leone

Subject Area

Ebolaoutbreaksinfections, viral

Languages

English
Published Date
27 Aug 2014
PubMed ID
25162580
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Volume | Issue | Pages
Volume null Issue 12
Issue Date
2014-09-18