Ebola: Butembo patient recovering, according to MSF
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post
Kasoki visits her husband every day at the Ebola treatment centre in Kitatumba, Butembo, North Kivu. According to Médecins Sans Frontières, which supports the centre, his condition is improving and a recovery is expected soon.
For almost two weeks, Kasoki has visited her husband, Victoire, every day at the Ebola Treatment Centre (CTE) in Kitatumba, Butembo, in North Kivu. She arrives at 6.30 a.m. and leaves at 6.30 p.m. Separated from him by a glass partition, she talks to him and comforts him, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which supports the centre. In the organisation’s view, his condition is gradually improving and the signs observed in recent days suggest a recovery is near.
These visits contradict the widespread idea that patients held in CTEs cannot receive visitors. They also help to reduce the stigma that still surrounds Ebola virus disease and the people who suffer from it, while respecting prevention rules.
Meanwhile, care providers at the CTEs and transit centres (CT) in Butembo threaten to begin a dry strike from Thursday 12 November 2026. The action could last until further notice if their demands concerning the risk bonus and respect for the payment scale are not met favourably. On 7 November, a Beni CTE had been attacked by arsonists, who were driven back.
