Head doctor at S.Leone Ebola clinic catches deadly virus

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Head doctor at S.Leone Ebola clinic catches deadly virus

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/head-doctor-leone-ebola-clinic-catches-deadly-virus-200244445.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8Q2gyhrjaJO3fhHKop7Ohg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par7928018-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The isolation ward at the Donka Hospital in Conakry where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated, on June 25, 2014" align="left" title="The isolation ward at the Donka Hospital in Conakry where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated, on June 25, 2014" border="0" /></a>A doctor in charge of an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone has been admitted to hospital after contracting the deadly virus himself, the health ministry said Wednesday. Dr Omar Khan was in charge of the main Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, around 320 kilometres (200 miles) east of the capital Freetown, when he caught the virus. Khan has been transferred to another treatment facility run the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the health ministry said. &quot;He is responding to treatment and is very cheerful and fine,&quot; Dr Abubakarr Fofanah, the deputy health minister, told AFP by phone.</p><br clear="all"/>

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