Sierra Leonean doctors strike

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Junior doctors in Sierra Leone went on strike Monday to demand better 
treatment for health workers infected with Ebola, a health official said.
The association representing junior doctors asked the 
government to make sure life-saving equipment, like dialysis machines, is 
available to treat infected doctors. The government has promised that a new, 
fully equipped unit is opening soon near the capital. But the doctors began 
their strike anyway, according to Health Ministry spokesman Jonathan Abass 
Kamara.
Ten of the 11 Sierra Leonean doctors who have become 
infected have died. Ebola has killed more than 6,300 people, including hundreds 
of health workers. Throughout the outbreak in West Africa, health care workers 
have periodically gone on strike to demand better protection or higher pay.
In an effort to make sure health workers get top-notch 
treatment, special centers dedicated to their care have already opened in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
As infection rates in Liberia and Guinea begin to 
stabilize, Sierra Leone has now recorded the highest number of cases, and Sierra 
Leoneans have been asking why the disease is picking up pace there and some have 
lashed out at the British response. In particular, the charity Save the 
Children, which is running the first U.K.-built treatment center to open, has 
been criticized for a slow and disorganized rollout.

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	http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-19-hospitalized-thousands-evacuated-in-gas-leak-at-rosemont-hotel-20141207-story.html Junior doctors in Sierra Leone went on strike Monday to demand better treatment for health workers infected with Ebola, a health official said. The association representing junior doctors asked the government to make sure life-saving equipment, like dialysis machines, is available to treat infected doctors. The government has promised that a new, fully equipped unit is opening soon near the capital. But the doctors began their strike anyway, according to Health Ministry spokesman Jonathan Abass Kamara. Ten of the 11 Sierra Leonean doctors who have become infected have died. Ebola has killed more than 6,300 people, including hundreds of health workers. Throughout the outbreak in West Africa, health care workers have periodically gone on strike to demand better protection or higher pay. In an effort to make sure health workers get top-notch treatment, special centers dedicated to their care have already opened in Liberia and Sierra Leone. As infection rates in Liberia and Guinea begin to stabilize, Sierra Leone has now recorded the highest number of cases, and Sierra Leoneans have been asking why the disease is picking up pace there and some have lashed out at the British response. In particular, the charity Save the Children, which is running the first U.K.-built treatment center to open, has been criticized for a slow and disorganized rollout.