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  • #31
    Argus went there in early December.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
      Best of luck to the troops going over. They are in for a rough ride, physically and emotionally (barrier nursing patients is seriously hard work), and if I was still in the medical game you wouldn't get me there with a pointy stick!
      TBF, if you're in a HAZMAT suit, someone chasing you with a pointy stick is the last thing you'd want!
      I knew a simple soldier boy.....
      Who grinned at life in empty joy,
      Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
      And whistled early with the lark.

      In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
      With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
      He put a bullet through his brain.
      And no one spoke of him again.

      You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
      Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
      Sneak home and pray you'll never know
      The hell where youth and laughter go.

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      • #33
        Best of luck to the girl. She's in for a rough few weeks


        . British military healthcare worker in Sierra Leone tests positive for Ebola

        Published 11/03/2015 | 17:06

        Freetown in Sierra Leone.
        A British military healthcare worker in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus.

        The man has not yet been named but is one of hundreds of British soldiers, sailors and airmen who have been working in the West African country since late last year in the fight against the disease.

        Doctors are now deciding whether to evacuate the man back to the UK, Public Health England told The Telegraph.

        A Public Health England spokeswoman told the newspaper:

        "We can confirm that a UK military healthcare worker in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola. Medical experts are currently assessing the situation to ensure that appropriate care is delivered. A clinical decision on whether the individual will be medically evacuated to the UK for treatment will be taken in due course.

        “An investigation into how the military worker was exposed to the virus is currently underway and tracing of individuals in recent contact with the diagnosed worker is being undertaken. Any individuals identified as having had close contact will be assessed and a clinical decision made regarding bringing them to the UK.

        "The UK has robust, well-developed and well-tested systems for managing Ebola and the overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low.

        “No further information is being given at this time.”

        Other workers who have been in contact with the man are being traced.

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        Last edited by Flamingo; 12 March 2015, 09:04.
        'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
        'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
        Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
        He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
        http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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        • #34
          Irish Ambassador to Sierra Leone Sinéad Walsh with the personnel from the Irish Defence Forces Medical Corps deployment to Kerrytown

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          • #35
            Irish medics return from Ebola mission in Sierra Leone

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            • #36
              "Army Medical Team arrive home from Sierra Leone , Baldonnel, May 2015.

              Five members of an Army medical team arrived to Baldonnel today after serving the past 4 months in Sierra Leone. Their job was to assist with the international response against the spread of Ebola.

              The medical team were working in co-operation with a joint UK Inter Agency Task Force medical team based in Kerrytown on the east coast of Sierra Leone. The Defence Forces medical team consists of a Military Doctor, three medical Non-Commissioned Officers and a medically qualified Trooper.

              The Team arrived to Casement Aerodrome on board an Air Corps CASA Maritime Patrol Aircraft and were met by their families and friends. The team are drawn primarily from the Defence Forces, Central Medical Unit with personnel from Cork, Dublin and Meath."

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              • #37
                A Defence Forces team of five medics just returned from Sierra Leona said they were proud to have played their part in the fight against Ebola, saying they will return to West Africa at the earliest opportunity.


                . Irish medics return from Ebola mission

                Published 22/05/2015 | 15:08


                A Defence Forces team of five medics just returned from Sierra Leona said they were proud to have played their part in the fight against Ebola, saying they will return to West Africa at the earliest opportunity.

                Fresh from the horrors of the ongoing battle against the deadly virus, the team flew into Baldonnell Aerodrome earlier today having spent 24 hours in a decompression unit in the UK.

                They will likely face a further 'belt and braces' raft of medical tests now that they are on home soil.

                The team consisted of a military doctor, Captain Eugene O'Connor from Blackrock in Dublin as well as medical Non-Commissioned officers, Sgt David Sliney; Corporals Frank Noonan and Pierce Foley and Trooper Richard Fitzgerald - who received a reward for bravery for his services while abroad.

                Capt O'Connor said the local people on the ground welcomed them with "open arms" and they had worked alongside Sierra Leonian police and military.


                There were instances when they came in contact with people with Ebola and it had "focused the mind at all times because it is a serious virus", he said.

                However he added that they took precautions at all times.

                He said they were pressed into immediate action as the virus threatened to spiral out of control but within a month the cases levelled off and are now "almost at zero."

                But it is a bumpy road, he warned.

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                Well done all. Does anybody know any details on the bravery award mentioned?
                'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                • #38
                  More pics:

                  Today saw the return home after four months deployment to Sierra Leone of a five-strong Irish Defence Forces medical team helping fight the spread of Ebola. The homecoming was witnessed by Random I…

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
                    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-31244969.html


                    Well done all. Does anybody know any details on the bravery award mentioned?
                    Promotion in the field?

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