President Koroma, this Ebola is “already a mega-crisis,” Piot said. “For me, this is a reason for a state of emergency, you know, in these countries.” “You need a combination of nearly military type of control measures – isolation, quarantine of those who are the diseased – but also their relatives, to make sure that they’re not spreading the infection.” “And, secondly, community mobilization. Information can save lives here.” According to health ministry data and officials, dozens of people confirmed by laboratory tests to have Ebola are now unaccounted for in Sierra Leone, where the majority of cases have been recorded in the countrys east. While international medical organizations have deployed experts to the field in an attempt to contain the outbreak, WHO said poor health infrastructure and a lack of manpower were hindering their efforts. Were seeing many of these facilities simply dont have enough people to provide the constant level of care needed, Garwood told a news briefing in Geneva on Friday. Health workers are ill equipped and many have contracted the disease. In Sierra Leone eight nurses and the doctor leading the fight against the disease have been infected. So this is an emergency, we are already in trouble, we are already fighting something that is very, very large, it is gone to get a lot larger if we do not get a lot more resources, Chris Lane, World Health Organisation Epidemiologist said. Experts say Ebola is difficult to fight because of stigma attached to the disease particularly in remote areas. Relatives and friends hide patients because they believe hospitalisation is a death sentence. Religious leaders in Sierra Leone blame this on lack of information and are urging the government to address these issues. How many citizens more would have to perish for the Government of Pres. Ernest Bai Koroma to declare a Public Emergency as provided for in sec 29 of Act No.6 of 1991? Blamas Finest, The Man Who Conjures Something Out Of Nothing!!!
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:36:25 +0000
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