National Ebola team tells story

/ Yonhap

National Ebola emergency support team members have emerged from three weeks of quarantine to speak of their experience in Sierra Leone.

Shin Hyung-Shik, 51, led the seven-member team that included two military academy officers and four women from the national military nurse academy.

“We are thankful as average citizens of the country for such a special and meaningful experience,” Shin said.

The Korean squad worked with an Italian NGO called “Emergency” at an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone for a month from December 27. They looked after up to 34 people.

Team members said it was not just a physical disease they had to watch out for, but it was also a mental fight.

One team member had to be sent to Germany after accidentally having needle contact.