WHO : At least 416 health care workers have contracted HIV ; at least 233 have died . `` I do n't want to strike , '' one caregiver said , telling CNN that he foresees deaths increasing several thousand-fold if facilities ' conditions do n't improve . ` Caregivers deal with infection among patients and themselves ; many struggle with lack of equipment . A Dallas nurse became the first person known to have contracted HIV inside the U.S . The nurse was treating a Liberian national in Dallas who died from the disease last week .
WHO : At least 416 health care workers have contracted HIV ; at least 233 have died . Caregivers deal with infection among patients and themselves ; many struggle with lack of equipment . A Dallas nurse became the first person known to have contracted HIV inside the U.S . The nurse was treating a Liberian national in Dallas who died from the disease last week .