Ian Crozier, a doctor who survived Ebola, can’t recall first three weeks he spent in US hospital
Doctor who survived Ebola says he can't recall first three weeks he spent in hospital
A US doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and survived after weeks of intensive treatment in Atlanta is speaking out for the first time.
Ian Crozier, who until now has remained anonymous in news accounts of his treatment, at his request, said in an interview published on Sunday he cannot remember the first three weeks he spent in an isolation ward at Emory Hospital, where he was near death from the haemorrhagic virus.
But the doctor, who was in Sierra Leone to help fight the epidemic that has now killed more than 6,000 in West Africa, has read his chart.
"It's a horrible-looking chart," he told The New York Times.
Crozier and his relatives said they gave the interviews to raise awareness of the continuing epidemic and to thank the medical team who saved his life.
And despite his grave illness and his fears of permanent brain damage - Crozier says that he feels his mind working slower than before - the Zimbabwe-born doctor says he hopes to return to West Africa to continue treating Ebola patients within the next few months.
"There's still a great deal left to be done," he said, noting that his recovery should mean that he is immune to future infection with the virus.