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Posted: November 26 2014 at 2:09pm |
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/25/ebola-victims-bodies-hospital-doorway-burial-kenema-sierra-leone
Bodies of Ebola victims have been dumped outside a hospital in Sierra Leone by burial workers, who are protesting at the failure of authorities to pay them bonuses for their hazardous work, residents have said. Tensions in the eastern town of Kenema reached new heights with the action by members of the burial teams. Local residents said three bodies were abandoned in the hospital doorway, preventing people from entering. There were reports that 15 bodies in total had been left in the street. Healthcare workers have repeatedly gone on strike in Liberia and Sierra Leone over lack of pay, unfulfilled promises to pay them more and their dangerous working conditions. Two weeks ago, health workers walked out of the Ebolatreatment centre in Bo, the only one in southern Sierra Leone, over the same issues. A spokesman for the striking workers in Kenema, who asked not to be identified, |
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http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Sierra-Leone-Weekly-Surveilance-Report-November-21.pdf
Looks like Ebola victims staying home in some places.
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