As a nurse who worked in Sierra Leone during the Ebola epidemic I experienced first-hand the impact of this horrendous disease. I was fortunate to receive amazing medical support and aftercare from the NHS in the UK, support that wasn’t available to the thousands of Sierra Leoneans and Liberians affected by the outbreak. When Ebola hit in 2014 I travelled to Sierra Leone and volunteered my skills as a nurse. What I saw on those wards was shocking: whole families fighting for their lives in hot, overcrowded wards; children watching their parents die the most horrendous deaths. I have worried...
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