Four recover from Ebola in North Kivu
The Matanda Ebola Treatment Center released four adults, bringing total recoveries to 29 since September 23.
Four patients have recovered from Ebola disease and been released from the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) at Matanda Secondary Referral Hospital in North Kivu province. The discharged patients, two women and two men, are all adults. Their release on Sunday brings the total number of recovered patients treated at the facility to 29 since its opening on September 23.
Among the survivors is Kyakimwa Kavutirwaki Micheline, a clinical psychologist who contracted the disease while caring for patients at her health facility. After experiencing symptoms, she was treated at the Matanda ETC for 24 days. Dr. Nzanzu Furaha Blaise Pascal, an attending physician, confirmed the total recoveries at the facility now stand at 29.
The Katwa Ebola Treatment Center in Butembo City also discharged six cured patients between October 19 and October 23. During the same week, three other patients were declared non-cases. The hospital management thanked patients for trusting the treatment centers.
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