Patrick LaRochelle, a missionary physician from the United States, is currently in a specialized hospital room in Prague. He is waiting to learn if he has contracted Ebola, a situation bringing anxiety due to an outbreak affecting his former colleagues in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Reports of what some are calling a ‘casket disease’ began in mid-May when patients started dying in significant numbers. LaRochelle was about to board a plane back to the United States with his family for a summer visit. The unexpected outbreak has caused distress, given the rapid spread of the disease among people in the region.
