{UAH} Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey gives birth to twin boys

Ikanos/ Annette/ Mayimuna/ Afuwa

Here is good news about nurse Pauline Cafferkey. Pauline is regarded as one of the greatest  medical professionals of this century. In 2004, Pauline Cafferkey abandoned her job as a nurse in Scotland and  registered as an international  volunteer medic in a team that the UK NHS  had hurriedly put together to  confront the Ebola crisis that had broken out in Sierra Leonne, had quickly gotten  uncontrolled and had claimed over 4,000 lives. Nobody in Sierra Leonne knew anything about this new killer disease. It is to the great credit of the UK National Health Service that it was the first emergency service to arrive in Sierra Leonne and the only health service that sent a team composed of only volunteers, working without pay. What moved all these volunteers was the compassion and kindness of their hearts, others were moved by their christian convictions. 

Pauline Cafferkey was at the heart of this UK mission of love, and became the first medical person on earth  to treat an Ebola patient in a confined environment. Pauline Cafferkey later contracted Ebola herself, became very ill and thought she would die, but once again made history by becoming the first patient to be cured of Ebola.

 Pauline Cafferkey was treated very badly by the administrators of the NHS when she was rushed back to the UK this time as a patient, having contracted Ebola. After she was cured. she was put under disciplinary measures, allegedly for not revealing the truth about her condition when she was rushed back very ill from Sierra Leone. They accused her of breaching strict controls imposed on people who have been exposed to infectious diseases. They treated her as if she was a criminal and not a patient, moreover one who had volunteered her life to save the lives of thousands of others. Pauline Cafferkey remains a modern  day heroine to millions of African people, as a person who selflessly offered her life so that they may live. We congratulate her on becoming a mother, something she feared she would never be, and wish her well.

Bobby 

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey gives birth to twin boys

• 14 June 2019

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Image copyrightBBC/INSTAGRAMImage captionPauline Cafferkey gave birth to two baby boys in Glasgow on Tuesday

Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse who survived the deadly Ebola virus, has given birth to twin sons.

The 43-year-old worked as a volunteer in Sierra Leone, where an epidemic killed almost 4,000 people, in 2014.

The father Robert Softley Gale, a theatre director and disability campaigner, announced the news by posting an image of the newborns on Instagram.

Their sons were born on Tuesday in Glasgow and have yet to be named.

'Life after Ebola'

In a statement Ms Cafferkey said she was overjoyed to welcome her sons into the world, saying there is "a future for those who have encountered the disease".

She said: "I would like to thank all the wonderful NHS staff who have helped me since I became ill in 2014 right through to having my babies this week.

"This shows that there is life after Ebola."

A spokeswoman for Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board said: "We are pleased to confirm, on behalf of Pauline Cafferkey and her partner, that she gave birth on Tuesday to healthy twin boys at a maternity unit within Greater Glasgow.

"Both mother and babies are doing well."

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Ms Cafferkey first went to Sierra Leone as part of a team of British volunteers at the Kerry Town Ebola treatment centre.

But she fell ill with the disease after arriving back in the UK in December 2014. She recovered, but had a relapse and also developed meningitis, seriously affecting her joints and ability to walk, among other issues.

She also had to face a hearing over misconduct charges, of which she was cleared.

She returned to the West African country in May 2017 to raise funds for children orphaned by Ebola and people who survived it.

At the time she said it was "psychologically important" for her to go back.

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