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| Ebola crisis: British army medics travel to West Africa | Ebola crisis: British army medics travel to West Africa |
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| British army medics are on their way to West Africa to help in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus. | British army medics are on their way to West Africa to help in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus. |
| A total of 91 medics from 22 Field Hospital in Aldershot will run a field hospital in Sierra Leone, providing medical support to healthcare workers. | A total of 91 medics from 22 Field Hospital in Aldershot will run a field hospital in Sierra Leone, providing medical support to healthcare workers. |
| Lieutenant Colonel Alison McCourt said doctors, nurses and infectious disease consultants would run the unit "specifically for healthcare workers". | Lieutenant Colonel Alison McCourt said doctors, nurses and infectious disease consultants would run the unit "specifically for healthcare workers". |
| Ebola has killed more than 4,500 people, nearly all in West Africa. | Ebola has killed more than 4,500 people, nearly all in West Africa. |
| Lt Col McCourt said: "We need to provide sufficient reassurance to healthcare workers that will encourage them to come and help defeat this disease." | Lt Col McCourt said: "We need to provide sufficient reassurance to healthcare workers that will encourage them to come and help defeat this disease." |
| Army personnel, who will be based at Kerrytown, around 30 miles from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, received nine days of intensive training in treating those affected with the disease. | Army personnel, who will be based at Kerrytown, around 30 miles from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, received nine days of intensive training in treating those affected with the disease. |
| Those travelling on Thursday are usually based at Normandy Barracks in Aldershot and will join 40 UK soldiers already in Sierra Leone. | |
| The treatment unit will contain 12 beds and run alongside a facility which will eventually be run by Save the Children. |