South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 5 hrs ago
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Congo’s health workers treat Ebola without pay as WHO seeks resources
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Health workers in Congo's Ebola outbreak are treating patients without pay, with Dr. Richard Lokudu describing the hardships faced by staff at Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital while the WHO seeks funding to support response efforts.
Congo’s health workers treat Ebola without pay as WHO seeks resources
Dr. Richard Lokudu, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on the front line of one of Congo’s deadliest Ebola virus outbreaks.
Lokudu and several of his colleagues work all day at the hospital treating an influx of patients. Notifications of suspected cases come even late at night.
“I have not received my allowance [and] what happened to others could happen to me as well,” Lokudu said. “Despite all the infection prevention.
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