South Jersey nurse to battle Ebola in Liberia

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South Jersey nurse to battle Ebola in Liberia

Andrew Wegoye, an emergency-room nurse at Inspira Medical Center Woodbury, will leave Thursday for at least four months in Liberia helping fight the Ebola epidemic.

Wegoye, 33, who lives in Haddon Township, said he had been following the crisis, and when the World Health Organization declared it a disaster, he felt he had to step forward.

"When I noticed it was not being contained, but just kept spiraling, I started searching for ways to actually help."

"The risks I totally understand," Wegoye added. "But I also understand that unless the international community responds, and sends over personnel to help, this problem is not going to go away and will keep getting worse. People in Liberia will continue dying."

He felt comfortable committing to four months, and may stay longer. Whenever he returns, he expects to remain in his home for 21 days. He understands it is mandatory now in New Jersey but says he would self-quarantine anyway. He wants his wife to stay with relatives, bringing him food.

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​I hope he doesn't count on that self-quarantine. I'm betting Chris Christie will have a tent with his name on it.

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Four months will be the dead of winter -- not a pleasant time to be living in an unheated tent with a portable commode in a hospital parking lot ... :)

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I support him 100 percent . . . it is his CHOICE. I anticipate that the quarantine will no longer be mandatory by then anyway. Elections will be over

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