Canadians discreetly lends its share of medical aid to those affected in West Africa in the midst of the worldwide battle against the dreaded Ebola virus.

After the World Health organization declared the West Africa Ebola outbreak a global health emergency, Canadians have been lauded for its massive donations of experimental Ebola vaccines.

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However, what most reports fail to show are the people sent by the Canadian government to participate in the actual bout against the disease, whereas doctors from the country are living with their patients in treatment facilities in the virus-stricken countries even before it had been a hot issue globally.

In 2012, Canada has deployed its 'mobile lab' headed by Winnipegger Dr. Gary Kobinger in Congo where almost 80 people had been infected with the virus and 36 had died of it.

Earlier this year, after outbreak in Sierra Leone was confirmed, Kobinger's team was deployed once more to aid those in need of their expertise.

Proven its complexities, Kobinger's team was no match to this year's Ebola outbreak so the Canadian government sent 'Team Two' as a replacement comprised of scientists Heidi Wood, Shane Jones and Yvon Deschambault.

Though the team members have no past experiences on the virus unlike Kobinger, they did not hesitate to accept the challenge citing that working with Ebola patients in the field are not very different with working on a lab especially if they will be able to help those in need.

Recently, Team Two had an exciting breakthrough with one of the Ebola patients' blood samples.

Wood and her team spends most of the day staring at their computer monitor waiting for the colorful curved lines to go flat-because flat lines mean Ebola-negative results.

When the 39-year-old scientist was watching real-time results for a 22-year-old girl named Isata who contracted the disease in July, Wood suddenly did not see curved lines.

"Flat. She gets to go home," she declared while with a little celebratory dance in her chair.

After a month of stay in Kailahun where they learned to be emotionally attached to their patients, Team Two will be going home to Canada to be replaced by Team Three.

However, experts believe that Team Three will not be the last team sent by the country as they forecast the outbreak to last for another six months.

TagsSierra Leone, West Africa