Ebola Treatment Centres Serving Patients at Epicentre of Outbreak
Samaritan’s Purse has established two Ebola Treatment Centres in Bunia and Nyankunde, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to care for patients suffering from the deadly Ebola virus. These facilities are specially outfitted Emergency Field Hospitals with 40 patient beds each to help meet the needs in the Ituri Province, where nearly 90 percent of currently confirmed cases are located.
The Bunia facility has opened and Samaritan’s Purse doctors and nurses are there providing hands-on care. The Nyankunde site will open soon and provide desperately needed infectious disease treatment capacity to the hospital there.
Samaritan’s Purse and local healthcare workers are treating Ebola patients in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“Ebola is an extremely dangerous virus, and the case numbers keep climbing,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “These Ebola Treatment Centres are going to help isolate and care for patients who are suffering from the virus. Our prayer is that they will also bring hope to families and communities that are scared and hurting. We want them to know God loves them. Please pray for an end to this outbreak and for our team members who are willing to go help in Jesus’ Name.”
The treatment centre in Bunia required constructing a medical campus designed for treating patients and protecting surrounding areas from spread of the disease.
Samaritan’s Purse has worked in the region for decades and has a country office in the DRC. The organisation also sent 65 disaster assistance response team members to support this effort. In addition to patient care, they are conducting hygiene training and prevention education and have already installed dozens of handwashing stations. This is critical in helping stop the spread of the disease.
Samaritan’s Purse has also provided personal protective equipment to help safeguard healthcare providers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to mission hospital partners. We have airlifted tonnes of these life-saving resources and are actively procuring more personal protective equipment to help meet growing needs in the affected area.
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