Sally Furniss
Well-known member
Nursing in Ebola country
26 August 2014
I am in Kenema, Sierra Leone, with another Kiwi nurse Donna, staying in accommodation with aid workers from Spain, Scotland, Colombia, Norway, Iceland and Australia. There are approximately 28 Red Cross personnel here who have come to help with the Ebola outbreak ? a mixture of medical, water and sanitation, administration, IT and technical support.
When we arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, health checks were being done on all passengers arriving in the country, as well as hand washing in chlorine, temperatures being taken and a health form filled in. Public health messages are handed out about Ebola in leaflet form, and as we travel around we?re encountering many road blocks where people are having their temperatures taken and hands washed.
Read more: https://www.redcross.org.nz/blog/from-the-field/nursing-in-ebola-country/
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26 August 2014
I am in Kenema, Sierra Leone, with another Kiwi nurse Donna, staying in accommodation with aid workers from Spain, Scotland, Colombia, Norway, Iceland and Australia. There are approximately 28 Red Cross personnel here who have come to help with the Ebola outbreak ? a mixture of medical, water and sanitation, administration, IT and technical support.
When we arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, health checks were being done on all passengers arriving in the country, as well as hand washing in chlorine, temperatures being taken and a health form filled in. Public health messages are handed out about Ebola in leaflet form, and as we travel around we?re encountering many road blocks where people are having their temperatures taken and hands washed.
Read more: https://www.redcross.org.nz/blog/from-the-field/nursing-in-ebola-country/
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