A frontline nurse has described the current Ebola outbreak as a catastrophe unfolding in slow motion, with healthcare workers battling exhaustion, shortages and systemic failures. Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, the nurse told this reporter that the situation on the ground is far graver than official accounts suggest. 'We are drowning.
There aren't enough beds, not enough protective gear, and the local government is in denial,' she said. Sources confirm that at least three hospitals in the affected region have run out of essential supplies, including IV fluids and body bags. The World Health Organisation has acknowledged the outbreak but insists it is under control.
Yet leaked internal documents from a major aid agency paint a different picture: projections show cases could double within two weeks if containment measures are not scaled up immediately. The nurse described a harrowing routine of triaging patients in corridors, with families begging for treatment that simply does not exist. 'Every morning I wonder if I will make it home.
We are not heroes. We are collateral damage in a system that was broken long before the virus arrived.' The outbreak has already claimed 23 lives, but local burial records and sources close to the morgues suggest the true toll may be twice that.
A former ministry official, who requested anonymity, confirmed that death certificates are being issued without proper testing to avoid panic. The nurse warned that without urgent international intervention, the outbreak could spiral into an uncontrollable regional crisis. 'The virus does not care about border controls or political promises.
It just needs bodies to multiply.' Meanwhile, the government has launched a public awareness campaign urging handwashing and social distancing, but the nurse dismissed this as 'a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.' She said her colleagues are starting to quit in droves.
'We are losing the best among us to burnout and fear. Who will be left to treat the sick when we are all gone?' This reporter has seen this pattern before.
It begins with whispers, escalates to silence, and ends with mass graves. The only question is whether the world will act before the bodies pile up beyond counting.
