Ebola in the UK: New suspected case in South Gloucestershire, as Scottish nurse worsens
A patient suspected of having the deadly Ebola virus is being transferred to hospital in Swindon, while doctors say Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse already stricken with the disease, has deteriorated to a critical condition
By Ben Farmer
TelegraphUK
03 Jan 2015
A new patient displaying symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus is being rushed to hospital as doctors say the Scottish nurse already suffering from the disease has worsened and is now in a critical condition.
Hospital officials said the unnamed new patient was being transferred to hospital in Swindon by specialist ambulance team after being taken ill after returning from West Africa.
The patient, from South Gloucestershire, will undergo tests at the hospital and if necessary be transferred to the specialist quarantine unit in London where nurse Pauline Cafferkey is already being treated.
A spokesman for the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: “Any suspected patients will be tested for a variety of things. If there was a confirmed Ebola case, they would be transferred to London.”
The local ambulance service said the patient was being transferred by its hazardous area response team. A spokeswoman said: “That patient has recently returned from West Africa and has made complaints of feeling unwell.”
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