ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br /> <br />A man on Monday (September 1) escaped from an Ebola quarantine centre in Monrovia and sent local people fleeing in fear as he walked through a local market in search of food.<br /> <br />The patient, who wore a tag showing he had tested positive for Ebola, held a stick and tried to get away from doctors in the centre in the Paynesville neighbourhood as they arrived on the scene attempting to catch him.<br /> <br />The patient escaped from Monrovia's Elwa hospital, which last month was so crowded it had to turn away Ebola victims.<br /> <br />More than 1,550 people in four West African countries have died from the virus since the outbreak was first recorded in March.<br /> <br />Liberia has the highest infection rate with around 700 deaths out of 1327 suspected and confirmed cases.<br /> <br />One local woman said care for Ebola patients was so inadequate they were not even being fed.<br /> <br />"The patients are hungry, they are starving. No food, no water. The government need to
