A health care worker who recently traveled from West Africa has been placed in isolation at a New York City Hospital with Ebola-like symptoms, officials said today.
The patient was working for Doctors Without Borders, according to the organization, which declined to name the individual but said he or she had a fever this morning.
The patient returned to the United States within the last 21 days and had a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms when he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, according to a statement from the hospital.
New York’s First Ebola Case? Doctor Treating Ebola Patients In Guinea Rushed To Bellevue Hosptial
Just when you thought it was safe to assume that Ebola-in-America was fixed (one day into Ron Klain’s tenure as Ebola Czar), NYPost reports some rather disquieting news. A New York City doctor – who returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea 10 days ago – has been rushed under police escort to Bellevue Hospital… He is being tested for Ebola. Market liquidity has dried up instantly!
- *PATIENT BEING TESTED AT BELLEVUE FOR POSSIBLE EBOLA, NYC SAYS
- *NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE STATEMENT SOON, SPOKESMAN SAYS
- *NYC: PATIENT WITH FEVER, GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS AT BELLEVUE
- *NYC SAYS PATIENT EBOLA TEST RESULTS EXPECTED WITHIN 12 HOURS
- *NYC TRACING ALL OF PATIENT’S CONTACTS
- *NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH HHC
Update #2:
- POSSIBLE NYC EBOLA PATIENT DID NOT SELF-QUARANTINE: CNN
- POSSIBLE NYC EBOLA PATIENT TOOK UBER TO BOWLING ALLEY YDAY: CNN
Full Statement on Patient at Bellevue Hospital
