Life | Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:14am EST Related: HEALTH
British nurse who recovered from Ebola back in hospital again
LONDON
A Scottish nurse, who recovered from Ebola but then suffered life-threatening complications from the virus persisting in her brain, has been admitted to hospital for a third time, a hospital in Scotland said on Tuesday.
Pauline Cafferkey contracted Ebola in December 2014 when she was working in a treatment facility in Sierra Leone at the height of an epidemic of the disease which swept through three countries in West Africa.
Cafferkey is now at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city.
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Statement re Pauline Cafferkey
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit Pauline Cafferkey has been admitted to hospital for further investigations.
To protect patient confidentiality, we will not be publishing regular updates on this patient?s condition.
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Updated Pauline Cafferkey statement
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Ms Cafferkey was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit.
She is undergoing further investigations and her condition remains stable.
British nurse who recovered from Ebola back in hospital again
LONDON
A Scottish nurse, who recovered from Ebola but then suffered life-threatening complications from the virus persisting in her brain, has been admitted to hospital for a third time, a hospital in Scotland said on Tuesday.
Pauline Cafferkey contracted Ebola in December 2014 when she was working in a treatment facility in Sierra Leone at the height of an epidemic of the disease which swept through three countries in West Africa.
Cafferkey is now at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland's biggest city.
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Statement re Pauline Cafferkey
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit Pauline Cafferkey has been admitted to hospital for further investigations.
To protect patient confidentiality, we will not be publishing regular updates on this patient?s condition.
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Updated Pauline Cafferkey statement
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Ms Cafferkey was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit.
She is undergoing further investigations and her condition remains stable.
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