Ebola scare adds to health workers' stress globally

NAIROBI, KENYA: A colleague called me late at night to ask what to do since he attended to a patient who walked into his office with Ebola-like symptoms having arrived recently from Liberia. He had taken samples to Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) for testing and was expecting results the following day. He needed to know whether to go home to his family or 'quarantine' himself until after the results. He was very stressed. I advised him to go home, but to use a separate room, which was still not ideal.