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A fan of Ivory coast holds a sign with a message against Ebola during the 2015 African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.

Why Ebola patients are being turned away at the gates of treatment centers in Liberia

September 9, 2014Medicine

Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia and thousands of new cases are expected there in the next three weeks. Lewis Brown, Liberia’s information minister, says health workers are turning away patients at the gates of treatment centers in Monrovia because they simply don’t have enough beds.

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