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Recovered UK Ebola victim out of hospital
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A British nurse infected with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was discharged from a London hospital yesterday after recovering from the disease following treatment with the experimental drug ZMapp.
“I was very lucky,” said William Pooley, who had been working as a volunteer in one of the worst-hit areas and was flown out of Africa on a specially-equipped British military plane.
“I had some unpleasant symptoms but nothing compared to some of the worst of the disease, especially when people end up dying,” said Pooley, who has been the only Briton reportedly infected.
The Royal Free Hospital, the only facility in Britain with a high-level isolation unit that can host Ebola patients, said the treatment was “successful.”
Pooley, who spent 10 days in the hospital, was given the drug ZMapp, which was also used on two US missionaries who also recovered.
“I wish that the level of care I’ve received here could be provided there,” the hospital quoted Pooley as saying.
The nurse admitted “I was worried I was going to die”, but said he had no regrets about going to Sierra Leone to help deal with the outbreak, which has so far killed more than 2,000 people across west Africa.
Pooley found out he had the disease from a World Health Organization doctor, following a blood test. “He was in personal protective equipment so I knew it was bad news,” he said.
International medical agency Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday the world was “losing the battle” to contain Ebola as the United Nations warned of severe food shortages in the hardest-hit countries.
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