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How desperate bid to save Congolese national exposed Ugandan medics to Ebola

How desperate bid to save Congolese national exposed Ugandan medics to Ebola

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2026-06-11 07:04:41

Four Ugandan health workers and an ambulance driver are currently battling for their lives at an isolation facility in Kampala after contracting the rare Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain. 

The medical personnel were exposed during a high-risk, frantic attempt to resuscitate a dying Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) national at Kampala Hospital.

The Congolese patient, who had secretly crossed into Uganda seeking advanced medical attention, later succumbed to the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever.
The shocking revelation was made on Wednesday evening during a live, televised…

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