Just 10 days ago, this hospital in the Kono District of Sierra Leone overflowed with Ebola cases.<br/> <br />The smell of death filled the air. Many nurses and patients fled for their lives.<br/> <br />But after a week of intensive training on using protective equipment with the Red Cross, the hospital's midwives are back.<br/> <br />Victoria Koroma was one of those to return to work.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) MATERNITY NURSE AT KOIDU GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, VICTORIA KOROMA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We are worried because when you get infected you are going to die. You die. We've lost five of our colleagues here."<br/> <br />Aid agencies fear that Ebola is spreading fast in the Kono District, which sits on the country's eastern border with Ebola-stricken Guinea.<br/> <br />A Red Cross official says the aid effort there is severely under-resourced.<br/> <br />The virus has killed more than 7,000 people across West Africa.<br/> <br />Yet Koroma remains determined in the fight.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) MATERNITY NURSE AT KOIDU GOV
