'We cannot cope. The demand is huge': Liberia's doctors warnings on Ebola
Half the patients with Ebola die in Liberia's overstretched hospitals
Fifteen year old Faja Kan is carried into the JFK Hospital Ebola clinic in Monrovia Photo: Will Wintercross for The Telegraph
9:30PM BST 20 Sep 2014
In time-honoured hospital tradition, the mid-morning ward round at Liberia’s
JFK Ebola clinic begins with doctors and nurses gathered in a semicircle.
The purpose of the huddle, however, is not to compare medical notes but to
sing a prayer — firstly for their patients and then for themselves.
“Treating Ebola patients is very risky as we can become infected ourselves,”
says Thelma Kane, 36, the ward hygienist, standing alongside her colleagues
in the protective uniform of boiler suit, mask and gloves.
“So before we go into the ward, we sing a prayer to ask the Lord to follow us
in our work.”
