A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland's largest city, the first diagnosis of the deadly virus in Britain during the current outbreak.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that the patient was a female HEALTH
worker who had been working on the "front-line" with Ebola patients, and was currently in a stable condition in hospital.Save the Children later confirmed she was a National HEALTHService employee working for the charity.
worker who had been working on the "front-line" with Ebola patients, and was currently in a stable condition in hospital.Save the Children later confirmed she was a National HEALTHService employee working for the charity. |
| The specialist Brownlee Centre on the Gartnavel Hospital where the patient is being treated |
The patient returned to Scotland late Sunday via Casablanca and London Heathrow, arriving at Glasgow Airport at around 11:30 pm local time (2330 GMT), according to a Scottish government press release.
She was admitted to Gartnavel Hospital campus Monday after feeling unwell and placed in isolation at 7:50 am."All possible contacts with the patient are now being investigated and anyone deemed to be at risk will be contacted and closely monitored," said the government.
Source: Yahoo News
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