Pauline Cafferkey, nurse responsible for the Ebola virus, beat the virus TWICE and gave birth to healthy twins

The Scottish nurse who twice beat the Ebola virus celebrates the birth of a healthy twins couple.

Pauline Cafferkey, 43 – who first contracted the virus in 2014 – welcomed the two "unbelievable" boys this week.

She said yesterday, "I would like to thank all the wonderful NHS employees who have helped me since my illness in 2014, until my babies were born this week. This shows that there is a life after Ebola and that there is a future for those who have met this disease. "

Theater director Robert Softley Gale, 38, has announced the birth of "two incredible boys" on Facebook.

He wrote: "Born at 10:05 and 10:08 this morning [Tuesday] – 5lb 14 and 5lb 8. Mom and boys are doing very well! Names to follow! Xx. Pauline gave birth at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

A spokeswoman for the hospital said, "We are pleased to confirm, on behalf of Pauline Cafferkey and her partner, that she gave birth on Tuesday to healthy twins in a maternity ward. Glasgow.

"The mother and the babies are fine.

"No further details of the birth will be released and we will call on the media to respect Pauline's wish for her family's privacy."

Pauline, originally from Cambuslang, near Glasgow, contracted the Ebola virus as a volunteer for Save The Children in Sierra Leone in 2014. She spent six weeks in this West African country in the middle of an Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than 11,000 people in the region in less than two years.

Pauline returned to the UK on December 28, 2014 for what was supposed to be a break from her overseas post, but she fell ill at home soon after arriving.

She was first treated in a unit specializing in infectious diseases in Glasgow, where she was put in isolation before being transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in North London.

She fought for her life but eventually stabilized, the doctors claiming that she was cured and that she was no longer contagious.

However, nine months later, in October 2015, she was affected by the Ebola virus. The virus has also triggered meningitis. The recurrence of Ebola knocked out specialists, who thought they had conquered the disease.

In 2016, she was twice readmitted to the hospital and found herself with disabling side effects due to her illness.

But in 2017, she returned to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, where she had worked to meet Ebola survivors.

The Council of Nurses and Midwives released Pauline from misconduct in 2016. She was charged with allowing her temperature to be incorrectly recorded upon her return to Britain.