In a remote mining town in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, doctors, many of them with little or no training, are fighting the Ebola virus.
Recently, New York Times chief Africa correspondent Declan Walsh and photographer Arlette Bashizi visited an Ebola ward in Mongbwalu, where they found frustration not only among the physicians who were struggling to save patients, but also among family members Walsh says “were gripped by fear and confusion,” some throwing rocks, breaking windows and “freeing patients” who might then continue to spread the virus.
Among their recent articles is “Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It.” Walsh and Bashizi talk to host Robin Young about the dire situation.
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