Sierra Leone doctor fighting Ebola catches disease

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s health minister
confirms that the doctor in charge of battling the current Ebola
outbreak has himself become ill with the deadly disease.
Minister
of Health and Sanitation Miatta Kargbo issued a statement Tuesday saying
that Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan has a confirmed case of Ebola.
The
minister described the stricken doctor as a national hero for the
sacrifices he has made during the current outbreak of the hemorrhagic
fever.
The minister said the doctor is now on his way to a Doctors
Without Borders treatment center in Sierra Leone’s eastern Kailahun
District.
More than 500 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak in three West African countries: Sierra
Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

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