Nurse who treated missionary doctors in Madrid diagnosed with Ebola
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 @ 12:03 PM
A NURSE who was treating missionary doctor Manuel García Viejo has caught the Ebola virus, health authorities reveal.
She was admitted to the University Hospital Foundation in Alcorcón (Madrid) last night (Monday) with a fever and has tested positive for the deadly haemorrhagic virus, which has necessitated her being transferred to the Carlos III hospital in Madrid.
It was here where she treated García Viejo, 69, who passed away after being repatriated from Sierra Leone where he caught the disease whilst treating other Ebola patients in a hospital he had been in charge of for 12 years.
She is also believed to have been part of the team treating Miguel Pajares, 75, another missionary doctor who caught Ebola from patients he was caring for in a Liberia hospital and who was repatriated to Spain.
The nurse had not had any physical contact with Pajares, but had done so on two occasions with García Viejo – once when he was still alive and once after his death.
She went on holiday immediately afterwards, and after a week of suffering fever and noticing strange marks on her skin, her doctor advised her to go to A&E.
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