Ebola Patients Flee Treatment Centers in Congo for Food as Hunger Crisis Deepens
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Ebola Patients Flee Treatment Centers in Congo for Food as Hunger Crisis Deepens
Ebola patients are fleeing treatment centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of food, underscoring how hunger has become one of the biggest obstacles to containing the virus.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, patients infected with the extremely dangerous Ebola virus have been forced to flee from specialized isolation centers en masse, as hunger proved more terrible for them than the deadly disease.
Outbreak of deadly disease in Congo complicated by food crisis: people leave isolation in search of food
Since the End of May, More than 150 Ebola Patients Have Fled Congolese Hospitals Due to Lack of Food
More than 150 Ebola patients flee Congolese hospitals due to lack of food
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says that the lack of adequate food for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the reasons why some continue to flee hospitals, clinics and quarantine centers. Health authorities in the country say that more than 150 people have fled their treatment facilities due to lack of adequate food, including 11 who escaped from Bambu hospital in Ituri province, the epicenter of the Bundi…
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