At a Congo field hospital, Ebola patients await their fate behind a plastic window
At a field hospital in Congo treating Ebola patients, relatives can only communicate with loved ones through a plastic window, and not everyone recovers.
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In one ward of a field hospital in Congo treating people infected with the Ebola virus, a woman arrived to visit her husband. Because direct contact with infected patients is dangerous, she could only speak with him through a small plastic window.
The man had already spent two days in the ward. He had just received his first negative test result and was hoping to return home to his family soon.
Not everyone is so fortunate
According to the account, not every Ebola patient treated at the field hospital can hope for such a positive outcome. For some, the fight against the virus ends in death, and this particular story reflects the uncertainty and tension experienced by both patients and their relatives as the disease continues to claim victims.
