Motswana jets off to help in Sierra Leone Ebola outbreak

Monday, January 26, 2015

A 28-year-old Maitengwe native, Ishmael Mbulawa, on Friday jetted off to Sierra Leone as part of a group of South African-based doctors and nurses battling the Ebola virus which has thus far killed 3, 153 people in the West African nation.

Prior to his departure, Mbulawa – a professional nurse based in the Western Cape – trained for weeks under the tutelage of the United Nations and a South African NGO, Right to Care.

The team, comprising one medical doctor and about 10 nurses who were recruited and trained by Right to Care, will spend eight weeks in the West African nation assisting the UN’s efforts to stop and reverse the deadly virus.

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Motswana jets off to help in Sierra Leone Ebola outbreak

A 28-year-old Maitengwe native, Ishmael Mbulawa, on Friday jetted off to Sierra Leone as part of a group of South African-based doctors and nurses battling the Ebola virus which has thus far killed 3, 153 people in the West African nation.

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