Ebola update: 'Not much hope', says Teresa's brother
Thursday, October 9, 2014 @ 6:23 PM
MADRID nurse Teresa Romero's condition is 'getting worse' and she is now on an artificial breathing machine, reveals her brother.
José Ramón Romero Ramos says there is little hope.
"Is there a chance? It's possible, but the doctor says there's not much hope, it's very complicated at the moment," he told a Galicia TV station just an hour ago.
The 44-year-old, who caught Ebola after treating the dying missionary doctor Manuel García Viejo, took herself to hospital after suffering a fever for six days, having not been under any surveillance by health authorities since being in contact with the patient.
Serum made from the plasma of Sister Paciencia, a Spanish nun who has recovered from the disease, appeared to be working until recently.
Her brother has just revealed that Teresa's condition has got considerably worse in the last few hours and she is suffering from lung problems.
The 14 doctors treating her are now trying another type of medication, but Teresa's brother says she is 'not very well at all'.
Her express wishes not to go into detail about her current situation or the treatment she is receiving mean full information is not known.
Teresa does not know how she caught Ebola after being involved in treating García Viejo – she once attended to him to change his bed sheets and another time to dispose of tissues and gauze after he had died – but believes she may have touched her face with her gloves on whilst removing her overalls.
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