Doctors face 'collateral damage' from Ebola epidemic

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Doctors face 'collateral damage' from Ebola epidemic

By James E. Barone MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Ebola collateral damage" is the term used by Dr. Thaim Kamara, chief of surgery at Connaught Hospital in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, to describe the disruption of routine patient care caused by the epidemic. "Since the outbreak took its first victim in our hospital, all (non-emergency) operations and routine clinics were discontinued," Kamara told Reuters Health by email, with emergency care disrupted, too. ...

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