Liberia: Ebola clinic fills up within hours of opening
Last week saw a welcome boost to numbers of treatment places available to people with Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. The Island Clinic, a private clinic refurbished as an Ebola Treatment Unit by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare with support from WHO and other partners, opened its doors on Sunday 21 September, adding another desperately needed 120 Ebola treatment beds to the 240 available in Monrovia.
Some waited patiently outside the door. Others, too weak to walk, arrived by ambulance. But many showed a sense of relief, as the Island Clinic, Liberia’s newest Ebola Treatment Unit, opened to receive its first patients on 21 September