Witnessing joy amid the death: BBC travels to epicentre of Ebola outbreak
Key takeaways
- Anne Soy Mongbwalu and Rwampara BBC"Grace has been shown to us," sing health workers at the epicentre of DR Congo's Ebola outbreak.
- Just after midday on Friday, about a dozen healthcare workers in green scrubs sang songs of praise – "grace has been shown to us; grace has been shown to patients" - as they escorted Daniel Kitambala out of the clinic.
- Two negative Ebola tests confirmed he was free of the virus after spending about three weeks at the facility.
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Anne Soy Mongbwalu and Rwampara BBC"Grace has been shown to us," sing health workers at the epicentre of DR Congo's Ebola outbreak. It is strange to witness singing and dancing in a place which has seen so much death but the successful treatment of an Ebola patient is cause for celebration at a hospital in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Just after midday on Friday, about a dozen healthcare workers in green scrubs sang songs of praise – "grace has been shown to us; grace has been shown to patients" - as they escorted Daniel Kitambala out of the clinic.
Two negative Ebola tests confirmed he was free of the virus after spending about three weeks at the facility.