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Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone doctors go on strike over inadequate equipment
Lisa O'Carroll
Tuesday 9 December 2014 05.44 EST
The action at Freetown?s Connaught hospital follows the deaths of three doctors in two days, with figures showing Sierra Leone has overtaken Liberia as the country with the most infections.
One of the three doctors, Tom Rogers, was a general surgeon at the hospital.
?We have decided to withhold our services until a proper and more conducive atmosphere is created for us to continue our work,? the Junior Doctors Association (JDA) said.
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The association did not say how many doctors were joining the action, but patients were reporting significant disruption as senior consultants headed to the wards to cover their work.
One junior doctor told Agence France-Press that she and her colleagues were depressed and ?losing courage to turn up for work? because of the lack of equipment.
?We are also worried over the deaths of our colleagues, which is very disheartening,? she told AFP.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rra-leone-doctors-strike-inadequate-equipment
Lisa O'Carroll
Tuesday 9 December 2014 05.44 EST
The action at Freetown?s Connaught hospital follows the deaths of three doctors in two days, with figures showing Sierra Leone has overtaken Liberia as the country with the most infections.
One of the three doctors, Tom Rogers, was a general surgeon at the hospital.
?We have decided to withhold our services until a proper and more conducive atmosphere is created for us to continue our work,? the Junior Doctors Association (JDA) said.
...
The association did not say how many doctors were joining the action, but patients were reporting significant disruption as senior consultants headed to the wards to cover their work.
One junior doctor told Agence France-Press that she and her colleagues were depressed and ?losing courage to turn up for work? because of the lack of equipment.
?We are also worried over the deaths of our colleagues, which is very disheartening,? she told AFP.
...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rra-leone-doctors-strike-inadequate-equipment