Β CHARLOTTE, NC — Two doctors with Charlotte-based SIM USA are heading to west Africa to help Ebola-stricken patients. Β One of them just spent three weeks in quarantine in Charlotte.
Doctors John Fankhauser and Dan Crawford will leave for Liberia on Friday. Β Fankhauser helped treat missionary Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantley when they contracted Ebola. Β He was quarantined last month after returning to the SIM campus in southwest Charlotte. Β This will be his third trip to Liberia, where Ebola has killed thousands.
“We can’t be paralyzed because we see risks,” said Dr. Fankhauser. Β “I think we just need to do everything that we can to minimize the risk, and continue to care for patients.”
SIM USA operates a 200-bed hospital and a 50-bed isolation unit for Ebola patients in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
