William Pooley, the first Briton to contract Ebola, has been given the experimental drug ZMapp.
According to BBC Reprots The volunteer nurse from Eyke, Suffolk, was exposed to Ebola while working with patients in Sierra Leone.
He returned to the UK on Sunday and is being kept in a special isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London.
Dr Michael Jacobs, consultant and clinical lead in infectious diseases at the Royal Free Hospital, said: "We have had the opportunity to give him the ZMapp treatment.
He said "It is an experimental medicine, we made that absolutely clear in our discussions with him."
Staff said he was given the first dose of ZMapp on Monday and further doses are expected to be given to him "in due course".
Dr Mike Jacobs added: "We are giving him the very best care possible. However, the next few days will be crucial."
The experimental drug Mr Pooley is receiving was previously given to two American aid workers who have now recovered from the virus.
But a Spanish priest and Liberian doctor who were also reported to have taken the medication died recently.
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