Rwampara Hospital Marks Site for Ebola Isolation Center
A plastic strip now marks the planned location for an isolation center at Rwampara hospital, one of the main sites of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The facility has not yet been constructed.
nypost.comAt the hospital in Rwampara, one of the epicentres of a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a simple plastic strip marked off the isolation centre for patients, yet to be built. The plastic strip serves as a temporary boundary for the area designated for the isolation center. Construction of the facility has not started.
The hospital is located in one of the areas most affected by the current Ebola outbreak.
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The marked area will be used for future construction of an isolation center.
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