"50,000 quarantined in Liberia slum to contain spread of Ebola"

[redqueen]

12. It must be terrifying, they woke up to find they were trapped.

And things seem to only be getting worse.

Beyond the threat of Ebola, experts warn that there has been a broader collapse of Liberia’s public-health system, resulting in a range of life-threatening illnesses and conditions that are being left untreated as hospitals close and the facilities that remain open become overwhelmed with suspected Ebola cases.

“The emergency within the emergency is the collapse of the health-care system,” said Dr. Joanne Liu, president of Doctors without Borders, who recently surveyed Liberia and other affected nations.

“People don’t have access to basic health care,” she said