Footprint outlines mark the floor in the doffing station Nov. 4, 2014, where medical workers at the Monrovia Medical Unit will decontaminate and take off their personal protective equipment after working in the high-risk zone where suspected and infected Ebola patients are cared for. The MMU, located approximately 30 miles outside of Monrovia, Liberia, is an Ebola treatment unit specifically built for medical workers who become infected while caring for patients. The 25-bed facility was constructed from the ground up by a team of Navy Seabees, Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Forces Command – Un
Footprint outlines mark the floor in the doffing station Nov. 4, 2014, where medical workers at the Monrovia Medical Unit will decontaminate and take off their personal protective equipment after working in the high-risk zone where suspected and infected Ebola patients are cared for. The MMU, located approximately 30 miles outside of Monrovia, Liberia, is an Ebola treatment unit specifically built for medical workers who become infected while caring for patients. The 25-bed facility was constructed from the ground up by a team of Navy Seabees, Soldiers and Airmen from Joint Forces Command – United Assistance and will be operated by personnel from the Public Health Service, said Lt. Col. Lee Hicks, the Joint Forces Command – United Assistance command engineer. ( Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hoskins, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance Public Affairs/RELEASED) Ebola treatment unit for medical workers to open 141104-A-CH600-030
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