Leading Sierra Leone doctor dies in Ebola epidemic

August 2, 2014

Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan died from on Tuesday afternoon at  treatment centre in. Dr. Khan led the response in Sierra Leone to the current Ebola outbreak there and treated dozens of patients. On Thursday, Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency, quarantining Ebola epicentres. The previous Tuesday, Minister of Health and Sanitation Miatta Kargbo announced Dr. Khan had contracted Ebola. Dr. Khan was moved to the treatment center in Kailahun. A few days before he was admitted, three other senior staff in his department at the died from Ebola, including one, Nurse Mbalu Fonnie, with more than two decades' experience with.

September 11 of this year would have been Dr. Khan's 40th birthday. In an interview on May 20, Dr. Khan told Awareness Times his department does the only testing for hemorrhagic fever such as  and ; a decade ago, these tests would have been done in. He warned about the possibility of fresh outbreaks and necessity of engaging the public in and prevention.