The doctor was identified by medical missionary organisation as Dr. Peter Stafford, who has been working at Nyankunde Hospital in Bunia since 2023.
A United States doctor who contracted the Ebola virus while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been evacuated to Germany for treatment, as global health authorities intensify efforts to contain the deadly outbreak that has already claimed at least 131 lives.
BBC reports that the infected American medic is currently receiving treatment in a specialised isolation unit at Berlin’s Charité, according to German health authorities.
The doctor was identified by medical missionary organisation as Dr. Peter Stafford, who has been working at Nyankunde Hospital in Bunia since 2023.
The organisation disclosed that Stafford tested positive for Ebola after treating infected patients in eastern DR Congo.
