Ebola Patients Treated With HIV Drug In Liberia

In west Africa, doctors are struggling to treat the thousands who are already infected with Ebola.And one of them is Dr.Gobee Logan.

The doctor who said desperate times calls for desperate measures. And while the world waits for a verified Ebola drug, he has started treating Ebola patients with an HIV drug called lamivudine. The doctor in an interview said its possible for patients recover from the dreaded disease.

Speaking today, he said he would use every brain cell to save people from the disease which hasn’t been diagnosed a specific treatment yet.“In order for everyone in this unit not to die, I think I need to try this medication” He said.

Testimonies from people he has administered the drug to said they feel much better after using the drug and they are able to move around, work and eat, saying they feel fine and they would be discharged soon.

“They are taking care of us fine. They are giving us medicine fine. We can eat fine. We are feeling fine in our body,” one patient said.

Dr. Logan has tried this drug on fifteen (15) people so far and remarkably, only two (2) people have died.

A representative who interviewed him, He was asked if an effective treatment for the disease can come from his treatment and he said “Yes it’s highly possible”  Top scientists in the U.S  were contacted whether the drug can be used to treat patients successfully.

Favourably, the scientists confirmed that the cells of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are identical to those of HIV and thus it could be applied but they also quickly added that it needed time to study and a lot of proof as to whether it could be used which woould of course take time.

“Well,… our people are dying and you’re taking about studies?! It’s a matter of doing all that I can as a doctor to save some people’s lives,” the concerned doctor said.

The latest figures from the World Health Organization show more than 1,600 confirmed or suspected deaths from Ebola in Liberia.

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Credits:Precious(Nigeriana Online News In Nigeria)