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Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone workers dump bodies in Kenema

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BBC                                                                                                    Nov. 25, 2014  

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.

The workers, who went on strike over the issue, left 15 bodies abandoned at the city's main hospital.

             Burial workers are especially at risk of becoming infected

One of the bodies was reportedly left by the hospital manager's office and two others by the hospital entrance.

A BBC reporter in Sierra Leone says the striking workers have now been sacked. The hospital has not commented.

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