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Liberia health workers' strike on Monday could hurt Ebola efforts
Reuters ^ | Oct. 12, 2014 | James Harding Giahyue

Posted on 10/12/2014 4:37:45 PM PDT by bgill

Thousands of Liberian healthcare workers are set to begin an indefinite strike at midnight on Monday which could undermine the country's effort to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and leave several hundred patients without care.

Health workers in the West African nation threatened to abandon hundreds of patients in Ebola treatment units, clinics and hospitals if demands for better incentives, working conditions and protective equipment were not met.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: doctors; ebola; liberia; strike
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