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Sunday, 11 May 2014
Heartbreaking confessions of a person who survived Ebola in Guinea.
"9 of my relatives got infected with
Ebola, only 3 lived." According to latest news of World
Health Organisation, there are 208 people who officialy
have been confirmed as infected with Ebola, 136 of
them have died.
Ebola is one of the deadliest viruses of all, killing up to
90% of people who get infected.
One of the survivors revealed his ordeal to the BBC
news.
The first symptoms he felt were headache, back pain,
vomiting and diarrhea. He came to see a village doctor,
who said it was malaria. After that he was brought to
Conakry to a special hostpital unit, there he found out
that he had Ebola virus.
He had heard about Ebola before, and felt very scared
when he found out he had it.
Still, he tried to remain positive and think that it was not
the end yet as his time was not then. That was the spirit
that helped him overcome fear and pain.
MSF doctors were there to help him with his emotional
state even at the hardest moments when he saw his
family members die.
When he saw two of his uncles die and doctors taking
their bodies, he felt really scared and thought he would
not make it to the morning. The doctors collected their
bodies and sterilized the whole area and all the other
patients witnessed that.
In short period of time he started feeling better, and
while being afraid to take any food started drinking
water and realized that some of the symptoms started
disappearing.
Every day doctors came and asked questions on the
state of patients, and those who answered no to all the
symptoms had very high chances of surviving.
“ That was a very powerful feeling for me. It was a great
feeling when I walked out of the hospital. We had a little
celebration with the doctors, all the nurses and the
people who had been waiting for me.”
As many people are aware that he had the disease, they
are still afraid that he would be contagious. That is the
reason why the hero of this story decided to remain
anonymous. According to him, people in Guinea are very
poorly informed about the disease.
Out of 9 people who got sick in his family, the ones that
survived were his wife, his cousin and him.
“The short time we spent in hospital has really
transformed us. I feel lucky. I feel very happy to be
alive.”
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