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Sierra Leone Ebola burial workers go on strike Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone workers dump bodies in Kenema
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Burial workers in the Sierra Leonean city of Kenema have gone on strike in protest at non-payment of allowances for handling Ebola victims. Burial workers in the Sierra Leonean city of Kenema have dumped bodies in public in protest at non-payment of allowances for handling Ebola victims.
Fifteen bodies, most of them prepared for burial, were left abandoned at the city's main hospital. The workers, who have gone on strike over the issue, left 15 bodies abandoned at the city's main hospital.
One of the bodies was reportedly left by the hospital manager's office and two others by the hospital entrance.One of the bodies was reportedly left by the hospital manager's office and two others by the hospital entrance.
Sierra Leone is one of the countries worst affected by this year's Ebola outbreak, with more than 1,200 deaths.
Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone and the biggest in the east, where the Ebola outbreak first emerged in the country.
The workers told a BBC reporter they had not been paid agreed extra risk allowances for October and November.The workers told a BBC reporter they had not been paid agreed extra risk allowances for October and November.
The BBC's Umaru Fofana in Freetown says the bodies have now been taken away but the workers remain on strike.The BBC's Umaru Fofana in Freetown says the bodies have now been taken away but the workers remain on strike.
Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone and the biggest in the east of the country, where the Ebola outbreak first emerged. There has been no immediate comment by the hospital's management or the Sierra Leonean health ministry.
The burial workers' industrial action comes two weeks after health workers went on strike for similar reasons at a clinic near Bo - the only facility in southern Sierra Leone treating Ebola victims.The burial workers' industrial action comes two weeks after health workers went on strike for similar reasons at a clinic near Bo - the only facility in southern Sierra Leone treating Ebola victims.
Nearly 5,000 people have been killed in the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ebola has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa this year, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a global health emergency.The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a global health emergency.