One of the best-equipped hospitals in Sierra Leone, the Chinese-run facility at Jui has been closed temporarily.
It followed the quarantining of eight Chinese medical workers in Sierra Leone who treated patients suffering from the deadly Ebola virus, the Chinese ambassador in Freetown said Monday.
“Six Chinese doctors and one nurse as well as five local nurses treated an Ebola patient at the Jui Hospital who later died of the virus,” Ambassador Zhao Yanbo is quoted by AFP news agency as saying.
“All of them who came in contact with the patient have been quarantined for the past two weeks under observation while the hospital has been fumigated and closed temporarily.”
Yanbo said another Chinese doctor who treated an Ebola patient at the Kingharman Road Hospital has also been quarantined.
(C) Politico 12/08/14
