Medical staff of Spallanzani hospital(Rome) has declared Fabrizio Pulvirenti, an Italian doctor who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone cured and he has been discharged.
Pulvirenti, in his 50s, was Italy's first Ebola patient. He said it was impossible to know when he contracted the virus.
He said that while he was gravely ill, he tried to mentally analyse his symptoms as a way to keep himself sharp meanwhile he was given the same experimental drugs used in the US and other European countries to treat people infected with the virus.
Pulvirenti, in his 50s, was Italy's first Ebola patient. He said it was impossible to know when he contracted the virus.
He said that while he was gravely ill, he tried to mentally analyse his symptoms as a way to keep himself sharp meanwhile he was given the same experimental drugs used in the US and other European countries to treat people infected with the virus.
After regaining full strength, Pulvirenti says he will consider returning to Sierra Leone.
