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Biotech / Medical : Ebola Outbreak 2014 - News, Updates and Related Investments
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From: IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL11/11/2014 8:01:27 AM
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Dr. Spencer - latest ZEBOV case in the US cured.

Published: Nov 10, 2014



By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today

The last Ebola patient in the U.S. is going home.

Craig Spencer, MD, is cured of the virus and will be released from New York City's Bellevue Hospital Tuesday morning, the city hospital corporation said in a statement.

Spencer contracted the virus while caring for Ebola patients in West Africa, but flew home to New York before displaying symptoms. Several days after his arrival, he developed a fever and was transported to Bellevue by ambulance attendants wearing protective equipment.

He has been in isolation in Bellevue since Oct. 23, but last week was reportedly well enough to ride an exercise bike and play his banjo.

The hospital corporation said Spencer has been declared free of the virus and poses no risk to the public.

But in the overheated atmosphere of the mid-term elections, combined with two nosocomial cases in Dallas, Spencer's diagnosis prompted several states, including New York, to impose quarantines on returning healthcare workers from the epidemic region in West Africa.

Famously, Kaci Hickox, RN, challenged Maine's attempt to quarantine her and won in court. Like Spencer, Hickox was a volunteer for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders).

Spencer is expected to make a statement in a press conference Tuesday morning, but -- like other recovered Ebola patients -- is not expected to take questions.
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