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Maryland Prayer Service to Honor Sierra Leone Ebola Victim Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan-Beltsville-Sun. Aug. 3rd 2pm-7pmBELTSVILLE, Md. --(Business Wire)-- Family members and friends of Ebola victim Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, the physician who had been heroically leading Sierra Leone's response to a deadly outbreak of Ebola that has claimed the lives of over 600 people in Western Africa since February, will host a prayer service, including Muslim and Christian prayers, in honor of their brother at the Beltsville Academy in Beltsville, MD (4300 Wicomico Ave, Beltsville 20705) on Sunday, August 3, from 2pm to 7pm.
CONTACTS FOR MARYLAND SERVICE: Sahid Khan, +1.215.768.1892 Alhajie Khan +1.301.213.7421 Khan, 39, who also served part-time as Medical Officer for AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Sierra Leone Country Program, succumbed to the disease Tuesday after being quarantined and cared for by medical providers from Médecins Sans Frontières at the isolation unit in the Kailahun District in Eastern Sierra Leone for several days. Since then, the Government of Sierra Leone has declared Khan a national hero. In an official statement released earlier this week, the Government of Sierra Leone and His Excellency, the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, the President of Sierra Leone, have proclaimed, "Dr. Khan saved the lives of more than 100 of his patients before succumbing to the disease himself. It is said that there is no greater sacrifice than giving one's life for their country. His Excellency has therefore declared Dr. Khan a National Hero and the new viral hemorrhagic fever centre in Kenema will be named after him."
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