Another Sierra Leonean doctor has died from Ebola, the 10th to succumb to the disease, a health official said Sunday.
Dr. Aiah Konoyeima died on Saturday,
according to Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brima Kargbo. His death came a
day after two other doctors died from Ebola, emphasizing the tremendous
toll the disease has taken on health care workers, CBS News reports.
Konoyeima worked at a children’s hospital
in the capital and tested positive for Ebola about two weeks ago. He
was treated at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Center, which is staffed
exclusively by Sierra Leonean medical personnel, as compared to many
other treatment units, which are run by international organisations or
employ some foreign staff.
Because Ebola is transmitted through the
bodily fluids of the sick and dead, it is sometimes called the
“caretakers’ disease.” Hundreds of health workers have been infected in
this outbreak.
In the current outbreak, Ebola has
sickened more than 17,500 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone. Of those, about 6,200 have died. It is currently spreading
fastest in Sierra Leone.
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