Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone of the outbreak in Sierra Leone in late May 2014, several people have been evacuated. An increasing lack of hospital beds, medical equipment, and health care personnel made treatment difficult.On 24 August William Pooley, a British nurse, was evacuated from Sierra Leone. He was released on September 3, 2014. In October 2014 he announced he would return to Sierra Leone. On 21 September 2014 Spain evacuated a Catholic priest who had contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone with Hospital Order of San Juan de Dios. He died on the 25th September in Madrid. On 6 October 2014 a nurse
Ebola virus cases in the United States said she agreed to the self-quarantine despite not having any symptoms of Ebola virus. Texas health officials met the nurse after she landed at Austin–Bergstrom International Airport. Perry spoke with the nurse over the phone to thank her for working to fight Ebola. "In Texas, we have a great tradition of welcoming our heroes back home, and this heroic individual deserves our appreciation, our compassion and our utmost respect," he said in a statement. "The tremendous work that she and so many other health care workers are doing in West Africa is making life better for those in afflicted countries