NHS Forth Valley Emergency Consultant Dr Roger Alcock, who was among the first NHS volunteers to travel to Sierra Leone in the fight against Ebola, has been honoured with a medal for his work at the Port Loko Treatment Centre. It was presented at 10 Downing Street by International Development Secretary Justine Greening.
Dr Alcock described the outbreak – which resulted in more than 10,000 deaths in West Africa – as a medical humanitarian crisis where urgent help was needed to control and contain the virus. After receiving his medal he commented: “It is a great honour and totally unexpected and I feel that the medal is really not just for me but for all the people back in the UK who supported me.”
