Sheik Umar Khan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sheik Umar Khan

Sierra Leonean virologist

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1975

Place of Birth: Sierra Leone

Date of Death: 29-Jul-2014

Profession: physician, virologist

Nationality: Sierra Leone

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sheik Umar Khan (6 March 1975 – 29 July 2014) was the chief Sierra Leonean doctor attempting to curb the country's Ebola outbreak in 2014.The virologist is credited with treating over a hundred patients before succumbing to the virus himself.
He was recognized as a "national hero" by Sierra Leone's Health Ministry.
Khan had long worked with Lassa fever, a disease that kills over 5,000 a year in Africa.
He had expanded his clinic to accept Ebola patients.
Sierra Leone's president, Ernest Bai Koroma, celebrated Khan as a "national hero".
He had a habit of hugging the cured Ebola patients that were leaving his ward, to lift their spirits.Khan made contact with the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in 2010 when he came to Ghana to do his Residency.
He was offered admission into the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons to undertake a 3-year residency training programme in internal medicine.
As part of the training, he was posted to the Department of Medicine of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.