In August 2014, at the height of the Ebola epidemic, Redemption Hospital lacked robust IPC (infection prevention and control) practices and relevant equipment to prevent the spread of Ebola. Both staff and patients were becoming sick and dying in the hospital and the inpatient wards were closed. To prevent further transmission of Ebola virus disease, the sanitary conditions and procedures of the facility were overhauled. Today, the community and its health workers feel safer coming to the hospital, now that adequate IPC measures are in place.
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