The British man who contracted the deadly Ebola Virus Disease while in Sierra Leone has started receiving treatment in north-west London where he was flown to yesterday.
29 year old William Pooley, a volunteer nurse was flown to London in a specially-equipped military aircraft yesterday (Sunday), and taken under police escort to Hampstead’s Royal Free Hospital.
Pooley volunteered to go to West Africa to provide care for victims of the Ebola outbreak which has killed more than 1,300 people already.
He will be treated in a specialist isolation unit for patients with highly infectious disease, the only one of its kind in Europe.
A special tent ensures medical staff can interact with the patient but are separated by plastic and rubber. It has a ventilation unit that cleans air before it is released into the atmosphere.
Though, there is no cure for Ebola, it is believed that with treatment of the symptoms, and proper hydration, patients have a chance of survival.
Mr Pooley was described by a colleague in Kenema district, Robert F Garry, as a “remarkable young man and a natural leader”.
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