"The other doctors had their doubts - 'you cannot get Ebola', they said - but the way I was feeling, it could only be Ebola.Dr Philemon contracted Ebola while working in a hospital in Beni
However, as a physician, he knew his own future was bleak. He said:"I was put in a cube and the first five days were not easy because I was completely lost. "When I returned home I was welcomed by everyone in the entire neighbourhood," he said."The compound was full of joy because the people thought I was dead. There were lots of rumours going around."
We watched the doctor as he entered cube number five and found a woman called Kavira who was utterly unresponsive.
Does he have future immunity?
I've a question... Once you have suffered from Ebola, does the body become immune to the disease like Measles and Mumps? Or can you contract it repeatedly?
More people die of flu