Posted on 06/01/2015 4:03:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Nurses at a hospital in China have been reportedly drawing lots to determine who should treat a patient with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers).
The hospital, in the southern city of Huizhou, said the ballot was arranged because there were too many volunteers to treat the South Korean man.
But posts on social media suggest many were reluctant to take on the task.
The virus has a death rate of 27%, according to the World Health Organization.
The sick man was named as China's first Mers case last week, after travelling to the country from South Korea, via Hong Kong.
Doctors had advised him to cancel the trip because his father had already contracted the virus.
Eighteen people who sat near him during the journey have also been quarantined, but are not showing any symptoms
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