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.
Sierra Leone's president, Ernest Bai Koroma, celebrated Khan as a "national hero".
He was offered admission into the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons to undertake a 3-year residency training programme in internal medicine.
[8] Despite observing recommended protocols, Khan was infected by the virus and died on 29 July 2014 in a facility run by Medecins Sans Frontieres.
[10] Sierra Leonean president Ernest Bai Koroma had been due to visit his treatment center the following week.