Ebola nurse named Time magazine’s person of the year in 2014 dies in hospital after giving birth to a son ‘because nurses were unwilling to touch her’
Salome Karwah, 28, from Liberia, gave birth to a son by cesarean section
Medical staff were suspicious of her as an Ebola survivor, her husband said
She tested negative for the disease and had convulsions after the birth
By FIONN HARGREAVES
DailyMail.com
2 March 2017
An Ebola nurse who was named Time magazine’s person of the year in 2014 has died after giving birth to a son.
Salome Karwah, 28, from Liberia, gave birth to Jeramiah by cesarean section on February 17.
But husband James Harris claims medical staff were unwilling to touch her because she was a survivor of Ebola.
The mother-of-four, who tested negative for the disease, was re-admitted to hospital when she experienced complications after the birth.
Mr Harris said his wife started having convulsions and foamed at the mouth.
He told NPR: ‘[The doctor] was checking Facebook.
‘Nurses came to help me, but the doctor told me that she would not touch her, and that if [Salome] stayed [at the hospital] she would die.’
He said that hospital workers did not treat her as quickly as they could have because of lingering superstitions about Ebola survivors.
Chief Medical Officer, Dr Francis Kateh, told the BBC: ‘We have to do a thorough investigation.’
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