In this video, Dr Alex Bonane Murutsi gives a tour through the Elikya Ebola treatment centre and shares a day in his life: from the morning meeting with the rest of the medical team to the patients he cares for.
Dr Alex survived Ebola disease. For 18 days, he was hospitalised at the centre, set up by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). With the help of the medical teams, he managed to gradually improve and recover from the disease.
Today, Dr Alex keeps working at the centre, taking care of patients in the same situation he had been in.
This current Ebola disease outbreak is the fastest-spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo's history.
MSF and Ebola
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MSF teams are on the ground treating patients and working to contain the rapid spread of this Ebola disease outbreak.
We are leading experts in treating and containing Ebola. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was on the frontline throughout the massive 2014-16 West Africa epidemic, and has responded to multiple outbreaks in the DRC alone.