94 Years old American Doctor going to Sierra Leone for help to Ebola survivors

A 94-year-old Minnesota ophthalmologist doctor Lowell Gess who worked at a Sierra Leone clinic during the peak of the Ebola crisis last year has become an unlikely key player in West Africa’s response to a lingering symptom in patients seemingly cured of the deadly virus. And now, the 94-year-old eye doctor is heading back to Africa for a meeting of minds, as medical experts brainstorm on how to tackle the ongoing problem.

World Health Organization praise doctor Lowell Gess

“Dr. Gess was among the first (doctors) to alert the wider clinical and health community about the lingering effects of Ebola virus disease on vision,” said World Health Organization consultant Sharmistha Mishra in a statement. “He continues to be an inspirational and intellectual driver to understand how eye disease occurs after an Ebola infection.”

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