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‘I saw despair, pain but medics’ dedication was admirable’

‘I saw despair, pain but medics’ dedication was admirable’
Dr Elizabeth Mgamb during the interview after she returned from West Africa to study Ebola screenings at four airports. [Photo: Jenipher Wachie/Standard]

The scenes were scary. Even for eyes accustomed to patients’ anguish in hospital, watching helplessly as some died, was painful.

“The medical teams put the bodies in bags for burial by a special team.... relatives and loved ones wanted to accord them cultural rituals like washing, but the teams could not let them as this could fuel more infections,” notes Dr Elizabeth Mgamb.

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