British Ebola Survivor Returns To Comfort Others

The British medical worker, William Pooley, one of the lucky ones who survived Ebola, has returned to Sierra Leone to resume his work.

British Ebola survivor Will Pooley

Will Pooley said there was a “real emergency” in the country and he was “delighted” to come back on the front line.
He will start work at a hospital in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, on Monday.

As no one has ever been recorded catching Ebola twice, Pooley allegedly will have at least short-term protection against this strain of the disease, but this has never been confirmed.

 The British medical worker has said he would act as if he is not safe and take the same protections as other British staff in country’s capital, Freetown.
Pooley narrated: “There is still a lot of work to do out there and I am in the same or better position than when I chose to go out before.
“I chose to go before and it was the right thing to do then and it’s still the right thing to do now.
“I’m excited to get back out there. I want to get back to work.” 

The man has given litres of blood plasma both in Britain and in America for use in examination into potential drugs and vaccines against the disease, but also for direct use for patients with Ebola.

Plasma is considered to be the best hope of a practical treatment in the short-term, as it can be safely injected into patients and transmissions the antibodies from people who have recovered.
William Pooley, aged 29, volunteered in Sierra Leone to help people fight the outbreak of the deadly virus. However, as soon as the man developed Ebola symptoms and tested positive for the virus, he was flown back to the United Kingdom for treatment on August 24.

After treatment with the experimental drug ZMapp he made a full recovery and was cleared ten days later.
The World Health Organization declared Nigeria Ebola-free today, October 20, after a 42-day period with no new cases, a success story with lessons for countries still struggling to contain the deadly virus.