00:00The Ebola Treatment Center in Beni welcomed members of the public Wednesday for a visit.
00:06The guests were members of the local Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Association.
00:11The goal was to dispel misconceptions about the center to stem potential attacks and hostility from the community.
00:21We showed them the process, how patients are admitted,
00:24and how caregivers, companions or family members come to check on their loved ones' progress.
00:32So they were truly amazed.
00:41Since May, health workers and burial teams have been attacked by bereaved families across the front line of the outbreak.
00:49At least a dozen attacks have taken place against facilities involved in Ebola care,
00:53primarily due to fear of the disease and misinformation.
01:03To the taxi men like me, I ask them to always protect themselves.
01:07When you're carrying a sick passenger on your motorcycle who is afraid of going to the hospital,
01:13you, as a taxi man, must tell them that Ebola exists
01:16and that they need to go to the hospital to get treatment so that they can recover.
01:25Health services are under severe strain as the region grapples with the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history
01:32that has killed more than 3,300 people and made more than 6,800 sick.
01:40..of the disease and their funeral to the hospital.
01:40Have you seen the suicide sentence in the cask?
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