Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo say attacks on Ebola treatment and care facilities are driving patients to flee and disrupting the public health response. NBC News reports that doctors and staff on the front lines are dealing with attacks at health facilities, with fleeing patients complicating efforts to provide care and contain the outbreak. The Japan Times adds that incidents of this type have occurred in Ituri Province in the northeast, where the first Ebola cases were reported. It says at least three such episodes have taken place. The accounts focus on the operational impact on Ebola services, including staff scrambling to maintain order and continue treatment while dealing with patients leaving sites amid the attacks. Both reports frame the events as a hindrance to Ebola control efforts rather than as a change in the underlying outbreak itself. The situation underscores security challenges facing health workers during the response, particularly in areas where early cases emerged, while officials work to restore safe access to facilities and continue care for those affected.