There were more than 230 doctors and health workers died of Ebola virus

About 400 health care workers around the world have been infected with Ebola and more than 230 deaths.

Forbes on October 16 reported that according to the Doctors Without Borders (MSF), this week alone, 16 of their employees were diagnosed with the disease and 9 did not survive. Globally, about 400 health care workers have been infected with Ebola and more than 230 deaths.

Recently, a UN health worker infected with the Ebola virus died at a hospital in Germany, after less than a week was transferred for treatment. The doctor Sheik Umar Khan, the heroic leader leading the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone also got sick and died. Liberia's top doctor, Samuel Brisbanem, was a medical consultant for former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who also died of the disease.

Doctor Sheik Umar Khan, 39, was once assessed by the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health as a "national hero" who died of Ebola.(Photo: Reuters)

Caring for Ebola patients is particularly complex, requiring constant monitoring of medical staff. Doctors and nurses require comprehensive protection to ensure that the body's secretions are avoided.

The first two cases of Ebola infection in the United States were nurses who treated Thomas Ducan, the first Liberian to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. Nina Pham and Amber Joy Vinson Nurse are two of more than 70 health care workers who took care of Duncan during his 10-day treatment at Dallas Presbyterian Hospital.

Nurses have complained to the American National Nurses Association because they are not allowed to wear appropriate protective clothing when caring for patients, only "contacting Duncan with any available protective equipment" . Also in the nurses' complaint, Duncan was in an isolated area in the emergency department for hours and was able to spread the virus to other patients. Duncan care nurses also treat many patients in the hospital at the same time.

Fears of lack of professional training, equipment, protection methods . are increasing in the US medical staff. These have posed more challenges and risks in the fight against Ebola.