THE greatest heroes of our time are the medical staff and other personal who volunteer to go and help save lives as the Ebola epidemic sweeps western Africa.
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Cairns nurse Sue Ellen Kovack is one such person.
These people risk their lives as they set out to save lives in these poorer countries.
As such, they deserve our admiration, support, and prayers.
A lot of affluent nations — and some not so affluent — are sending field hospitals, doctors and nurses as the fight to try to prevent this dangerous virus from spreading gains momentum.
Australia is not among them.
It is rather perplexing and deeply troubling that our government is only promising money when the desperate plea from those in the field is for more medical personal on the ground.
Our promised $17 million is a trifling amount when compared with the vast scale of the problem.
Compare this with Australia’s unseemly rush to get involved in yet another costly Iraq war to destroy life while not sending personal to Africa to save life.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s response in citing evacuation problems fools nobody.
Australia had no problems evacuating the wounded from the Afghanistan war zone.
Australia has been renown for helping overseas countries in crisis from extreme weather events.
Look at our army field hospitals sent to the hurricane devastated Philippines last year.
Our courageous volunteers are put our government to shame.
It’s time it did something substantial before its too late.
— DAVID SLOANE,
Corowa