Ebola Health Workers Face Challenging Conditions, Long Hours
Associated Press: Ebola health workers battle death, heat, rumors
“Doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa are working 14-hour days, seven days a week, wearing head-to-toe gear in the heat of muddy clinics. Agonizing death is the norm. The hellish conditions aren’t the only problem: Health workers struggle to convince patients they’re trying to help them, not hurt them…” (Cheng, 8/18).
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