His death was confirmed by the country's chief medical officer
In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, an ambulance leaves the Ebola isolation unit carrying the bodies of Ebola victims that are highly contagious to a burial site, at the Kenema Government Hospital situated in the Eastern Province around 300
Freetown: A second Sierra Leonean doctor has died after contracting the deadly Ebola virus, health officials said on Wednesday.
Dr Modupeh Cole, a senior physician at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown, was diagnosed with Ebola last Friday and taken to the specialist Kailahun Treatment Centre the following day. His death was confirmed by the country's chief medical officer, Dr Brima Kargbo.
"We are all very, very saddened," he said. Dr Cole was a "very powerful presence in the country's medical team and has been very instrumental in the fight against the Ebola virus."
Cole's death came about two weeks after Sierra Leone's leading anti-Ebola expert, Dr Umar Khan, also died from the virus.
( Source : AFP )
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