US Refuses to Accept Ebola-Infected Doctor, Family Rushed to Charité
The American surgeon and his family will all be isolated at Charité, while the White House obfuscates playing a role in their treatment.
Last weekend, an American surgeon working for a Christian nonprofit in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo began feeling ill. Subsequent tests confirmed he had contracted Ebola — specifically the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment and which carries a fatality rate of between 25% and 50%. The doctor's name is Peter Stafford, and his country, it appears, does not want him back.