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Liberia: Ebola Doctor Shortage Eases as Volunteers Begin to Step Forward

Source: New York Times
Country: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.SEPT. 26, 2014

Doctors and nurses are finally volunteering to fight the Ebola virus in West Africa after a long period of paralyzing fear in which almost none stepped forward.

“As a result, thousands of people will die,” said Dr. Joanne Liu, president of Doctors Without Borders, which treats more patients than any other entity. “I can’t say the exact figure because we don’t know how many unreported cases there are. But thousands for sure.”

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