{"id":813,"date":"2014-08-25T06:36:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T06:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=813"},"modified":"2014-08-25T06:36:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T06:36:31","slug":"british-man-begins-ebola-treatment-in-london-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":"British man begins Ebola treatment in London hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"nrelate_flyout_placeholder\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ebola-Virus-360x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-814\" alt=\"Ebola-Virus-360x225\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ebola-Virus-360x225-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ebola-Virus-360x225-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ebola-Virus-360x225-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ebola-Virus-360x225.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doctors at a hospital in north-west London have begun treating a Briton who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>The man has been named as William Pooley, a 29-year-old volunteer nurse, by a US scientist who worked with him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pooley was flown to RAF Northolt in a specially-equipped military aircraft on Sunday and taken under police escort to Hampstead\u2019s Royal Free Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He volunteered to go to west Africa to care for victims of the Ebola outbreak which has killed almost 1,500 people.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pooley was flown out of Sierra Leone\u2019s main airport in Lungi in an RAF C-17 transport aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Great care was taken to protect Mr Pooley and prevent the spread of the virus at every stage of the journey.<\/p>\n<p>He will be treated in a specialist isolation unit for patients with highly infectious disease, the only one of its kind in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pooley was described by a colleague in Kenema district, Robert F Garry, as a \u201cremarkable young man and a natural leader\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There is no cure for Ebola but with treatment of the symptoms, and proper hydration, patients have a chance of survival.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, two Americans who had contracted the disease in Liberia made a recovery and were discharged from hospital after being given an experimental drug called ZMapp in the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors at a hospital in north-west London have begun treating a Briton who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone. The man has been named as William Pooley, a 29-year-old volunteer nurse, by a US scientist who worked with him. 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