Surgery in the time of ebola: How events impacted on a single surgical institution in sierra leone

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 212-216

  Bundu, Ibrahim ^a   Patel, A ^b   Mansaray, A ^a   Kamara, T B ^a   Hunt, L M ^b  

^a Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURGEON; SURGERY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS;

EPIDEMICS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; SURGEONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84969750046     PISSN: 00358665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2015-000582     Document Type: Article

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