Ebola patients escape from hospital wandering for food

The Independent (UK) recently released a video showing the Liberia Ebola patient escaping from the hospital and running wildly in the market to search for food.

A man in a red shirt, wearing a patient card, is walking around the market to get food and finally picks up a loaf of bread.

Snapshot from video

His appearance caused a panic when the crowd of people fled. However, according to the description of some witnesses, this person merely wanted to find something to eat.

After a few minutes, the medical staff, equipped with protective vests, were present and coerced the patient to the rescue vehicle to take to the hospital.

According to Independent, the above patient comes from Elwa hospital, capital of Monrovia, where the Ebola treatment department is being operated by non-governmental organization Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

The patient was then given the medical 'prize' to the hospital - (Snapshot from the video)

Last month, doctors at Elwa paid for suspected cases of Ebola virus coming home by hospital overload.

Liberia is now considered Ebola's center when the country has nearly 700 out of 1552 people worldwide killed by the disease.

In addition to fighting illness, Liberian people also face food shortages and price inflation because in many places farmers are prohibited from harvesting crops to prevent the spread of disease.