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British Ebola survivor says he is on his way to Sierra Leone to
continue his mission in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus – a
virus which continues to claim lives in the sub-region.William Pooley, 29, said, “I cannot sit here in the UK and watch the people of Sierra Leone die without doing nothing – I must go back to Sierra Leone to continue my work in helping those people affected by Ebola.”
In an interview at Lancaster House in London, outside the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s “Defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone” conference, Pooley said his mission in Sierra Leone would never be complete until Ebola was contained and eradicated.
Inside the conference itself, Pooley was asked to give an account of his experience in Sierra Leone as an Ebola survivor. The British nurse was unable to control his emotions as he burst into tears during his speech.
Visibly upset and consumed by his emotions, Pooley retold the pathetic case of a brother and sister, aged four and two, who he cared for in Sierra Leone.
He said “at all costs” the international community must not allow what happened to them to be repeated one million times.
His emotional plea at the conference came as 34 NGOs joined forces to warn the international community they have just four weeks to stop the Ebola crisis from “spiralling completely out of control”.
“I am coming to your embassy to get my visa next week and by mid this month I should be on my way to Sierra Leone,” Pooley said. He has been widely considered not only as a hero but a saviour for the people of Sierra Leone.
