'I was in a body bag about to be buried in an Ebola grave.... Then a doctor saw my toe twitch'

Zidane Konneh woke up in a body bag moments before he was due to be buried in an Ebola grave. A doctor saw his toe flinch and he was hauled out of the bag, while medics found a weak heartbeat and placed him on IV drips — which saved his life.

The father-of-two had tested positive for the virus after catching it from family members in June 2014. He lost almost all his family to Ebola.

He said: “They were about to take me to be buried, but there was an American doctor around and saw part of my body shaking. They found my heartbeat. I was taken from the body bag and given four IV drips at the same time.

“My wife and children were on the ward and one of my children died.”

Zidane spent one month and 10 days in quarantine before being declared Ebola-free.

He added: “I am happy I do not have any health problems now so it’s okay. I have a small problem with my eye but I’ve been given glasses to wear.”

Zidane, 45, could have been just another statistic, one of about 3,900 deaths from the disease recorded in the west African nation during an 18-month period. It was finally declared Ebola-free in March this year.

publish - 3 Jun 2016, by BEN MORGAN

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