This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28926538
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| British Ebola victim William Pooley receiving 'excellent care' | British Ebola victim William Pooley receiving 'excellent care' |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| The family of a volunteer nurse being treated at a hospital in London after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone has said he is receiving "excellent care". | The family of a volunteer nurse being treated at a hospital in London after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone has said he is receiving "excellent care". |
| William Pooley, 29, returned to the UK on Sunday and is being kept in a special isolation unit at Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital. | William Pooley, 29, returned to the UK on Sunday and is being kept in a special isolation unit at Hampstead's Royal Free Hospital. |
| Mr Pooley was a volunteer caring for victims of the Ebola outbreak in Africa which has killed almost 1,500 people. | Mr Pooley was a volunteer caring for victims of the Ebola outbreak in Africa which has killed almost 1,500 people. |
| He has been described as a "hero" by a charity he worked for in Sierra Leone. | He has been described as a "hero" by a charity he worked for in Sierra Leone. |
| The Shepherd's Hospice, where Mr Pooley provided palliative care for non-Ebola patients before moving to a hospital to work with people with the virus, said he was aware of the risks but determined to help. | |
| "We consider him a hero," Gabriel Madiye, the charity's executive director, said. | "We consider him a hero," Gabriel Madiye, the charity's executive director, said. |
| He said Mr Pooley was "somebody who is sacrificing to provide care in very difficult circumstances - when our own health workers are running away". | He said Mr Pooley was "somebody who is sacrificing to provide care in very difficult circumstances - when our own health workers are running away". |
| Mr Pooley, believed to be from near Woodbridge in Suffolk, is the first confirmed case of a Briton contracting Ebola in the current outbreak. | |
| In a statement, his family thanked those involved in transporting him back to the UK on a RAF plane. | In a statement, his family thanked those involved in transporting him back to the UK on a RAF plane. |
| They said: "Will is receiving excellent care at the Royal Free Hospital and we could not ask for him to be in a better place. | They said: "Will is receiving excellent care at the Royal Free Hospital and we could not ask for him to be in a better place. |
| "We would like to thank all our family and friends for their best wishes and ask everyone to remember those in other parts of the world suffering with Ebola who do not have access to the same healthcare facilities as Will." | "We would like to thank all our family and friends for their best wishes and ask everyone to remember those in other parts of the world suffering with Ebola who do not have access to the same healthcare facilities as Will." |
| 'Extraordinary guy' | |
| Mr Pooley is being treated in a unit designed for patients with highly infectious diseases, 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. | |
| Dr Oliver Johnson, who worked with Mr Pooley at the Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone, said the volunteer was an "extraordinary guy". | |
| He said: "For those of us working with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone he stood out as being particularly brave. And really from the beginning he was determined to help in any way he could." |