British doctors and soldiers will not be guaranteed return to UK if they contract Ebola
British serviceman and NHS doctors will not automatically be flown home if they catch deadly virus
By Holly Watt, Whitehall Editor, Laura Donnelly and Claire Duffin
TelegraphUK
10 Oct 2014
British doctors, nurses and soldiers sent to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa will not automatically be brought back to the UK for treatment if they are infected with the virus.
A total of 750 British troops are being sent to Sierra Leone to tackle the Ebola outbreak, along with hundreds of NHS volunteers who responded to an appeal from the Chief Medical Officer, Prof Dame Sally Davies.
However, both the Department of Health and the Ministry of Defence admitted yesterday that medical and military personnel would not be guaranteed repatriation if they developed Ebola while working on the relief effort.
Instead, they could be treated in field hospitals in Sierra Leone and would only be flown home on a “case by case” basis, the departments said.
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