#ISurvivedEbola
English • 5m 29s
Foday Gallah is training to become an anesthetist. While in school, he supervised six ambulances in Montserrado County, Liberia. Though difficult, the work bore few health risks. In June 2014, when the Ebola outbreak reached Montserrado, this changed. With too few ambulances, Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) beds and specialized healthcare workers in Liberia to tackle the growing epidemic, Foday decided to stay in his position. This decision nearly cost him his life when he put everything on the line for a four-year-old stranger. Foday’s heroic actions placed him in the December 2014 TIME Magazine “Person of the Year” edition.
Director: Morgana Wingard
Producers: Sean Southey & Meesha Brown
2015 | 6 min
Liberia
FILMMAKER Q&A:
https://simaacademy.com/filmmaker-qa/isurvivedebola/
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