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Ebola Help for Sierra Leone Is Nearby, but Delayed on the Docks
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NEW YORK TIMES OCT. 6, 2014
New York Times describes in detail how disorganized local government response, demands for shipping fee payments, and perhaps even politics, have delayed unloading medical supplies sitting on the docks in Sierra Lenone.
By Adam Nossiter
Freetown, Sierra Leone -- A shipping container packed with protective gowns, gloves, stretchers, mattresses and other medical supplies needed to help fight Sierra Leone’s exploding Ebola epidemic has been...locked inside a dented container at the port since Aug. 9.
“We are still just hoping (!!!) — which sounds like BEGGING — that this container should be cleared,” one government official wrote in a frantic email to his superiors, weeks after the container arrived.
In many ways, the delay reflects what some in the growing ranks of international officials pouring into this nation to fight Ebola describe as a chaotic, disorganized government response to the epidemic.
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UPDATE: Ebola aid held up at port in Sierra Leone
AP - news.yahoo.com - by CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY - October 7, 2014
. . . The 40-foot container arrived at the port on Aug. 9, Bah said. It is full of medical gear, such as gloves, gowns, stretchers, face masks, as well as mattresses.
Special adviser to the president, Oswald Hanciles, said Tuesday that the shipping fees for the container have been paid by the government, clearing the way for the container.
Alpha Sheriff, Procurement Officer for the Ministry of Health and Sanitation said the necessary documents to release the container will be provided Wednesday, and the shipment should then be out of the port.
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