Reuters / Mike Segar
Doctor with Ebola symptoms rushed to NYC hospital
Published time: October 23, 2014 21:28
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A healthcare worker who had recently returned from Ebola-stricken Guinea where he treated patients has been rushed to a New York City hospital with a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. Preliminary results are expected within 12 hours.
The doctor suffering symptoms of the disease was rushed to hospital on Thursday with “all necessary precautions”, according to the New York City Department of Health. He was identified as Dr. Craig Spencer who works with Doctors Without Borders, according to CBS News.
New York City Councilor Mark Levine confirmed the patient being tested is Craig Spencer, adding that authorities were discussing possible evacuation of the Harlem apartment building where he lived.
Spencer was a medic working in Guinea but has been back in the United State for 10 days. He quarantined himself after developing a high fever, said the Daily News.
“Today, EMS HAZ TAC Units transferred to Bellevue Hospital a patient who presented a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms,” Bellevue Hospital administrators said in a statement. “The patient is a health care worker who returned to the US within the past 21 days from one of the three countries currently facing the outbreak of this virus.”
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The statement went on to say the patient was transported in protective equipment, and the hospital along with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene “has decided to conduct a test for the Ebola virus because of this patient’s recent travel history, pattern of symptoms, and past work.”
NYC is taking all necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of all New Yorkers. MORE: http://on.nyc.gov/1nAUd2M
