The suit designed to come between NHS Ebola workers and death

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Mon, 2014-11-24 00:34 — mike kraft

THE TELEGRAPH By Rosa Silverman Nov.23, 2014

With its domed helmet, protective outer apron and thick boots, this is the kit National Health Service medics are depending on to save their lives as they fight Ebola in Africa.

More than 30 volunteers from the UK arrived in Sierra Leone today, prepared to join the effort to combat the deadly virus.

The medics, who came from across Britain and flew from London’s Heathrow airport on Saturday, were the first batch of NHS volunteers to be deployed by the Government after more than a thousand came forward to offer their services.

Among them are GPs, nurses, psychiatrists and emergency medicine consultants, all of whom will work in treatment centres built by British Army Royal Engineers and funded by the Department for International Development.

The protective overalls they will wear, made by four British companies, leave no part of their body exposed and will be crucial in keeping them safe - although the risk of infection cannot be ruled out.

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