Inside The Epicenter For Ebola, The Virus Rages and No Way to Stop It
A relative and a medical worker caring for Christiane Bahati, an Ebola patient in Mongbwalu, shortly before she fell into a coma and died.Credit... By Declan Walsh Photographs by Arlette Bashizi Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi reported from inside an Ebola ward in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak. New York Times In the next ward lay the hospital’s laboratory technician, also sick. Seven other hospital workers had already died from suspected Ebola. Few of the staff members had ever been trained to fight the disease, and the most rudimentary equipment was in dangerously short supply: tests, protective suits, goggles, masks, even drinking water. Outside, the sound of hammering broke the hushed silence. Aid workers from Doctors Without Borders were racing to erect isolation tents and disinfection stations. Dr. Alex Bogole, a Congolese doctor in the hospital’s intensive care ward, was furious. The virus had been spreading for months...
