A doctor working for the World Health Organisation at the Kenema Ebola clinic has tested positive for Ebola and is said to be in a stable condition, according to a WHO press release.
The unnamed patient becomes the third doctor at the facility to contract the disease after Shek Umar Khan and Sahr Rogers both of whom died.
He has been brought to Freetown awaiting evacuation for treatment abroad. A WHO epidemiologist, from Senegal, also contracted the disease in Kailahun in August and was flown to Germany for treatment.
"To ensure the safety of all, WHO will recommend that new admissions be limited while an investigation is launched" apparently into how he contracted the disease.
"WHO’s initial role in the facility was to offer guidance on setting up an Ebola treatment centre, and to provide mentorship and direction to national staff until they could manage the facilities with local capacity" the release says.
WHO has initiated "an urgent, thorough, on-site assessment" of the facility, and three doctors will be moved to the clinic to continue oversight of patient care.
(C) Politico 09/09/14
