Ebola nurse named Time magazine's person of the year in 2014 dies in hospital after giving birth to a son 'because nurses were unwilling to touch her'

An Ebola nurse who was named Time magazine's person of the year in 2014 has died after giving birth to a son. 

Salome Karwah(28) from Liberia, gave birth to Jeramiah by cesarean section on February 17,2017

But husband James Harris claims medical staff were unwilling to touch her because she was a survivor of Ebola.   

The mother-of-four, who tested negative for the disease, was re-admitted to hospital when she experienced complications after the birth.

James Harris said his wife started having convulsions and foamed at the mouth. 

'Nurses came to help me, but the doctor told me that she would not touch her, and that if [Salome] stayed [at the hospital] she would die.' 

He said that hospital workers did not treat her as quickly as they could have because of lingering superstitions about Ebola survivors.