In the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Bunia, overwhelmed hospitals are spilling into nearby yards and fields amid spiralling patient admissions – with the city at the epicentre of what is feared could potentially become the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
“Case numbers are rising significantly, it’s going super fast,” Karen Ruts, an intensive care nurse working at Elykia private hospital in Bunia, tells The Independent. “We’re getting more and more positive test results, and the labs are struggling.”
