Boston Medical Center Doctor to Head to West Africa to Help Contain Ebola
Dr. Nahid Bhadelia of Boston Medical Center will soon head to Sierra Leone in West Africa to help contain and stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, according to WHDH.
NECN reported that “She’ll be doing the same kind of work as Dr. Kent Brantly, who was infected with Ebola in Liberia and returned to the United States Saturday, walking on his own from the ambulance into Emory University.’’
According to her website, Bhadelia is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases, the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center and the Director of Infection Control at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL) at Boston University.
“It’s not that Ebola is terribly contagious. It’s just the risk is high,’’ Bhadelia told WHDH. “My parents are scared but they know this is something I have wanted to do since as long as I can remember.’’
WHDH said she will leave for West Africa in two weeks.
Just this morning, Nigerian authorities confirmed a second case of Ebola, which raises concerns as Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country.
The disease has already claimed the lives of over 700 people.
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