New York City: Doctor (Spencer) tests positive for ebola after return from Guinea- Ebola free, released

[casey]

Statement from NYC Dept. of Health - http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/dis...stmt-nyc.shtml

Today, EMS HAZ TAC Units transferred to Bellevue Hospital a patient who presented a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms.

The patient is a health care worker who returned to the U.S. within the past 21 days from one of the three countries currently facing the outbreak of this virus.

The patient was transported by a specially trained HAZ TAC unit wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). After consulting with the hospital and the CDC, DOHMH has decided to conduct a test for the Ebola virus because of this patient?s recent travel history, pattern of symptoms, and past work. DOHMH and HHC are also evaluating the patient for other causes of illness, as these symptoms can also be consistent with salmonella, malaria, or the stomach flu.

Preliminary test results are expected in the next 12 hours.

More information at http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-ou...-being-tested/ (identifying him as a doctor who worked in Guinea for MSF)

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Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

Doctor who treated Ebola patients rushed to NYC hospital

By Jamie Schram
October 23, 2014 | 2:44pm

A 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders physician who treated Ebola patients in Guinea and returned to New York City 10 days ago was rushed in an ambulance with police escorts from his Harlem home to Bellevue Hospital on Thursday, sources said.

Craig Spencer was suffering from Ebola-like symptoms ? a 103-degree fever and nausea, sources said.

Clad in hazmat suits, FDNY hazardous materials specials sealed off his fifth-floor apartment. Cops blocked off West 147th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam after he was taken to the hospital, witness Oscar Nunez said.
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http://nypost.com/2014/10/23/nyc-may-have-its-first-ebola-case/

[Shiloh]

Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

Source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/dis...stmt-nyc.shtml


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Statement on Patient at Bellevue Hospital, Oct. 23, 2014, 3:05pm


Today, EMS HAZ TAC Units transferred to Bellevue Hospital a patient who presented a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms.

The patient is a health care worker who returned to the U.S. within the past 21 days from one of the three countries currently facing the outbreak of this virus.

The patient was transported by a specially trained HAZ TAC unit wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). After consulting with the hospital and the CDC, DOHMH has decided to conduct a test for the Ebola virus because of this patient?s recent travel history, pattern of symptoms, and past work. DOHMH and HHC are also evaluating the patient for other causes of illness, as these symptoms can also be consistent with salmonella, malaria, or the stomach flu.

Preliminary test results are expected in the next 12 hours.

Bellevue Hospital is designated for the isolation, identification and treatment of potential Ebola patients by the City and State. New York City is taking all necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of all New Yorkers.

As a further precaution, beginning today, the Health Department?s team of disease detectives immediately began to actively trace all of the patient?s contacts to identify anyone who may be at potential risk. The Health Department staff has established protocols to identify, notify, and, if necessary, quarantine any contacts of Ebola cases.

The Health Department is also working closely with HHC leadership, Bellevue's clinical team and the New York State Department of Health to ensure that all staff caring for the patient do so while following the utmost safety guidelines and protocols.

Bellevue and the New York State Department of Health to ensure that all staff caring for the patient do so while following the utmost safety guidelines and protocols.

The chances of the average New Yorker contracting Ebola are extremely slim. Ebola is spread by directly touching the bodily fluids of an infected person. You cannot be infected simply by being near someone who has Ebola.

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Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

Doctor Quarantined in Manhattan on Ebola Fears
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By Pervaiz Shallwani
Updated Oct. 23, 2014 3:47 p.m. ET
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The man, whose name hasn?t been released, called police around 11:52 a.m. to report that he was suffering from a fever and had quarantined himself inside a fifth-floor apartment on 147th St. in upper Manhattan, the official said.

A Fire Department of New York hazardous materials team responded and quarantined the man in an exposure suit and transported him to Bellevue Hospital Center, the official said.

The man?s apartment has been sealed off pending the diagnosis of the patient, the official said.
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http://online.wsj.com/articles/doctor-quarantined-in-manhattan-on-ebola-fears-1414092846

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Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

Officials Looking Into Possible Ebola Case In New York City

October 23, 2014 4:10 PM
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Officials are looking into a possible Ebola case in New York City.

Sources tell CBS 2 EMS crews picked up Dr. Craig Spencer just after noon today.

Sources told 1010 WINS he was rushed from a building on West 147th Street.
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Spencer, who is a physician in his 30s and works with Doctors Without Borders, came back a week ago from Guinea, where he is believed to have been treating Ebola patients.
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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/10/23/cbs-2-officials-looking-into-possible-ebola-case-in-new-york-city/

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Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

Doctors Without Borders physician tested for Ebola in NYC

By Ray Sanchez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN
updated 4:25 PM EDT, Thu October 23, 2014
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The 33-year-old physician, employed at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, developed a fever, nausea, pain and fatigue Wednesday night, the official said. On Thursday morning he was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for testing.
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Investigators are taking the case seriously because it appears the doctor didn't quarantine himself following his return, the official said.

The official said the doctor was out in public. Authorities are possibly going to quarantine his girlfriend, with whom he was spending time since his return from Africa.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/health/new-york-possible-ebola-case/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

Statement on Returned Field Worker

October 23, 2014

Doctors Without Borders/M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) statement:

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/statement-returned-field-worker

[Dani]

Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

As the CDC is reportedly en route, I'd wager this one is not going to turn out to be a false alarm, unfortunately.
That, and the very high pre-test probability.

[sharon sanders]

Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

The discussion thread is here.

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Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

Patient Placed in Isolation for Ebola Testing at Bellevue Hospital in New York City

By MARC SANTORA
OCT. 23, 2014
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While the results of the tests will not be known until late Thursday, the health authorities are concerned enough about the possibility that he has the virus to have started to identify and contact anyone who might have come into contact with the man, identified by city officials as Dr. Craig Spencer.
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Health authorities declined to say how many people that might be. Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking at a news conference Thursday evening, said Dr. Spencer has given health workers a detailed accounting of his activities over the last few days.
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?Our understanding is that very few people were in direct contact with him,? Mr. de Blasio said.
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Mr. Spencer went to a bowling alley in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening, according to a city official briefed on the contact tracing efforts. He took the subway to Brooklyn and a taxi home.

Health workers were working on Thursday night to identify every location Mr. Spencer visited the day before he reported having a fever and find the people he may have had contact with, just in case he was symptomatic earlier than he reported.
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Dr. Spencer had been working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, treating Ebola patients, before he returned to New York City on Oct. 14, according to a city official.
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Dr. Spencer began to feel sluggish on Tuesday but did not develop a fever until Thursday morning, he told the authorities. At 11 a.m., the doctor found that he had a 103-degree temperature and alerted the staff of Doctors Without Borders, according to the official.
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Full text:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/ny...us-at-bellevue-

[sharon sanders]

Re: New York City: Doctor who's returned from West Africa hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms

N.Y. / REGION

Patient in New York City Tests Positive for Ebola
By MARC SANTORAOCT. 23, 2014

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A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the Ebola virus Thursday, becoming the city?s first diagnosed case.

The doctor, Craig Spencer, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital on Thursday and placed in isolation while health care workers spread out across the city to trace anyone he might have come into contact with in recent days. A further test will be conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control to confirm the initial test.

more..

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/nyregion/craig-spencer-is-tested-for-ebola-virus-at-bellevue-hospital-in-new-york-city.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0

[sharon sanders]

Re: New York City: Doctor (Spencer) tests positive for ebola after return from Guinea

NYC Mayor's Office @NYCMayorsOffice 24m 24 minutes ago

THIS JUST IN: At approximately 9 PM, Mayor @BilldeBlasio will host a press conference with @NYGovCuomo at Bellevue Hospital.

[MHSC]

Re: New York City: Doctor (Spencer) tests positive for ebola after return from Guinea

Law enforcement sources said the 33-year-old Spencer recently returned from Guinea, one of the West African countries currently battling an Ebola outbreak. He traveled through Brussels, Belgium, and arrived at JFK Airport, law enforcement sources said. He arrived back in the United States on Oct. 17.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said at an earlier news conference that Spencer only had symptoms for "a very brief period of time" and only had contact with "very few" people. He described the patient as "in good shape."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/doctor-isolated-york-city-hospital-tests-positive-ebola/story?id=26406430

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Re: New York City: Doctor (Spencer) tests positive for ebola after return from Guinea

Craig Spencer, who was was suffering from Ebola-like symptoms ? a 103-degree fever and nausea ? spent Wednesday night bowling in Williamsburg, the sources said. He used Uber taxis to get there and back.


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Friend and neighbor, John Roston, 38, said Spencer lives with his girlfriend, Morgan Dixon, and is a ?really nice person.?

A law enforcement source said the two were together after he arrived home from Guinea.

?I believe she is a fiancee,? the source said.

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http://nypost.com/2014/10/23/nyc-may-have-its-first-ebola-case/

[USALady]

Re: New York City: Doctor (Spencer) tests positive for ebola after return from Guinea

Sources To CBS 2: New York City Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/10/23/cbs-2-officials-looking-into-possible-ebola-case-in-new-york-city/