The infected woman was brought home from Freetown in Sierra Leone Monday night. Several media reports Tuesday morning that the plane is expected to land at the airport at 10 o’clock, but by the NTB experiencing this estimate in the earliest layer. Something exact time is not yet clear.
The aircraft is contracted by the State Department, according to NRK. At midnight on Monday night was the plane on the way to Norway from Lungi airport in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, writes Dagbladet.
It is MSF has signed agreement with the company that brought the woman in Freetown, Sierra Leone . But the organization has received assistance from the military as the aircraft is under contract with the State Department, according to NRK.
Agreement with the United States
The aircraft in question, is a twin-engine rebuilt forretningsjet category Gulfstream III owned by the American airline Phoenix Air in Georgia.
This plane was previously used by the American government to carry infected Americans home from West Africa. The plane can only take one patient at a time. In the plane, the patient lies in an inner plastic tent, where they can be cared for by health professionals along the way. The crew and the patient breathes in separate air.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) confirmed the NTB Monday that it has reached agreements with American companies on repatriation of Ebola infection Norwegians.
– We are also with transportation up and go with Hercules aircraft protection systems, says Solberg.
Diagnosis Sunday
The infected Norwegian woman working for MSF in Sierra Leone, and was Sunday diagnosed with Ebola. The woman is immediately brought to Oslo University Hospital when aircraft from Sierra Leone lands in Norway.
Doctors at Oslo University expects to be able to say about a ebolasyk patient is healthy or not within two weeks.
– But we take one hour at a time in such cases, said department Dag Kvale by the infectious diseases department at Oslo University Hospital said.
Experimental treatment
The hospital opens for experimental treatment, but Kvale is clear that there are significant related ethical and legal issues with this.
– None of this is off the shelf, and nothing is properly documented in humans. There is a potential risk of administering such drugs, according to Kvale.
It’s all about the blood plasma of Ebola patients who have conquered the disease, a form of flu medicine as well as two variants of the antibody produced in tobacco plants. This last option is the most appropriate. The method has already been tested on two American Ebola patients.
– Antibodies are usually safe, but there is a risk of side effects as well, says Kvale.
Risk
Government announced on Monday morning that it will increase financial support to fight Ebola by 89 million to nearly 184 million. Two major field hospital made available as well as tent and a relief camp for up to 500 people.
Health Minister Bent Høie (H) has provided the Directorate of Health commissioned to recruit between 40 and 60 health professionals who will go into a disaster response team under British management. He hopes not the Norwegian index case now will complicate the job of recruiting personnel.
– When a Norwegian citizen is infected, so it comes into us all. Also among health professionals, there will be many who will think extra hard about this, said Høie Monday.
– We are very grateful for the Norwegian health professionals taking on the heavy task of helping in these areas with the risks it entails, said Høie. (© NTB)
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