Pooley was a volunteer nurse who was exposed to the virus while working in Sierra Leone at Keneme Government hospital and was flown into London on Sunday via a Military plane.
Presently, he is being treated with the experimental Zmapp drug in an isolation unit at Royal Free Hospital, London.
Dr. Mike Jacobs who is a consultant and clinical lead in infectious diseases in the Royal Free Hospital confirmed that Pooley has already begun taking his Zmapp dosage but the outcome at the end is still unknown.
"We have had an opportunity to give him the Zmapp treatment. It is an experimental medicine, we made it clear in our discussion with him." said Dr. Mike Jacobs.
"We are giving him the very best care possible, however the next few days will be crucial " He added.
William Pooley, 29 , had been working as a volunteer at a hospice in Freetown but requested to be moved to keneme after hearing that patients were being abandoned when health workers died from the virus.
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