There were dramatic scenes at the Kerry Town Ebola treatment centre which opened yesterday just outside Freetown.
Four patients were brought in with three taken into the treatment centre after being kept at the triage for a while.
One of the patients, who showed signs of Ebola - nausea, diarrhoea, high fever and bloodshot eyes - dashed out of the centre.
It took persuading by the Save The Children staff who run the British-built facility to persuade him to return after he sat dizzily outside.
One of the staff told Politico that it would have been a time bomb to have chased him and tried to force him back.
Staff in full protective clothing goaded him back into the isolation wards.
A fourth patient was allowed to go after he proved not potentially carrying the virus.
The 7-acre facility which was a scrubland just a few weeks ago is now an 80-bed facility which President Ernest Bai Koroma, during a visit to the area referred to as being of "world class".
With Freetown and its environs now part of the hotspots in the Ebola outbreak the centre promises to be a huge shot in the arm in the fight against a virus which has killed over 1,000 people.
British Royal engineers are building 700 Ebola treatment beds in total including in Port Loko, Bombali, Moyamba and another one at Hastings.
© Politico 07/11/14
