Sources on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed that frontline healthcare workers battling the latest Ebola outbreak are operating with insufficient protective gear while British-led medical teams ostensibly take charge. Documents obtained by this desk reveal a funding gap that has left local staff exposed to a virus with a 50% fatality rate. One nurse, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: 'We are sent into hot zones with gloves that tear, visors that fog.
The British doctors get the full suits.' The UK government has pledged £20 million in aid, but sources say less than half has reached the clinics. Meanwhile, British medical teams have secured prime contracts for logistics and training, leaving Congolese medics to perform the most dangerous work.
A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office insisted 'every effort is being made to ensure all workers have adequate protection', but internal emails suggest otherwise. The crisis is deepening: 150 new cases in the past week. The hidden cost of this mismanagement will be paid in lives.
