First Western Ebola Infection Confirmed

[Necron99]

Spanish nurse who treated Ebola victim in Madrid becomes first person in the world to contract virus outside of Africa

1. Unnamed nurse believed to be part of team that treated Manuel Garcia Viejo
2. First test on the woman has come back positive after going to hospital today
3. Spanish missionary was brought back from Africa last month for treatment
4. He died on 26 September at Madrid's Carlos III Hospital from deadly virus

A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid has become the first person in the world to contract the deadly virus outside of Africa.
The 44-year-old is said to have spent the last 15 years working at Madrid's Carlos III Hospital, where the two Spanish missionaries infected with Ebola died.
The woman, who is married, was part of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who was brought back from Africa last month so that he could be treated for the deadly virus.




Two separate tests confirmed that the woman, who has yet to be named, had contracted the disease.
Colleagues tonight expressed their surprise at news that the nurse, from Galicia in northwest Spain, had died from the virus, saying that there had been 'extreme' measures in place to protect hospital staff.
One told Spanish daily El Pais that nurses were equipped with two protective overalls, two pairs of gloves and glasses.

All medics had to use a special card to access the hospital's sixth floor - where the two men were treated.
The Carlos III Hospital was evacuated before the arrival of the first missionary, Miguel Pajares, who contracted the disease in Liberia, but not for Mr Viejo as the sixth floor had already been hermetically sealed.
Mr Pajares, the first person in Europe to be treated for Ebola, died at Madrid's Carlos III Hospital in August despite receiving experimental drug ZMapp after he returned.
From the scene: Spanish nurse contracts Ebola

Mr Viejo died at the hospital the following month after contracting the virus in Sierra Leone.
Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are infected.
The current outbreak in west Africa, the worst ever, has infected nearly 7,500 people and caused more than 3,400 deaths.
The Spanish nurse is understood to have tested positive for Ebola in a first analysis after going to hospital in Alcorcon near Madrid with a high fever early this morning.
Doctors isolated the emergency treatment room.
A Ministry of Health source told respected daily El Mundo: 'She arrived at the University Hospital Alcorcon Foundation with fever and has undergone tests. The first test has come back positive.'
Spain's Health Ministry today held a crisis meeting as they awaited for the results to be confirmed.
British nurse William Pooley, 29, who was infected with the virus while working in Sierra Leone, recovered last month after being flown back to London for treatment.
He later jetted to the US to give blood to an American battling the disease.
Thomas Duncan, the first person diagnosed in the west with the disease, contracted Ebola last month in Liberia and is now 'fighting for his life' at a hospital in Dallas after flying to the US to visit his fiancee.


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[Necron99]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

[thaimeme]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

Alarming...in what manner?

There's nothing terribly special about "Western" health/medical practices.
You certainly should remove such fallacy from your conditioned mindset, Nec....

[Necron99]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

Alarming...in what manner?

There's nothing terribly special about "Western" health/medical practices.
You certainly should remove such fallacy from your conditioned mindset, Nec....

lesseee......People in Africa working in tents reusing and sharing what are supposed to be use and burn protective gear hoping it's been washed properly despite the lack of decontamination gear or just doing without and hoping half trained staff are following procedures vs a fully stocked Western hospital with full decontamination facilities and staff who train and understand procedures with proper protective gear on tap.

No difference there Jeff?

Don't be a wank just for the sake of being a wank, there is a word of difference.

[Yasojack]

should get Fox news onto it.

[harrybarracuda]

should get Fox news onto it.

My guess is it will be the lead story, followed by "How Obama is trying to kill Republicans with a killer virus".

[harrybarracuda]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

Most Western hospitals these days seem incredibly inept at infection control, with many patients leaving hospital with infections they never had when they went in.

[Necron99]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

Most Western hospitals these days seem incredibly inept at infection control, with many patients leaving hospital with infections they never had when they went in.

Since the discovery of how germs spread I don;t think it has ever been "better" than it is now/
But this isn;t a case of Docs washing their hands but not washing their necklace ID tags and spreading staph.
This is people knowingly dealing with a deadly virus and having protocols to do so, yet still a nurse came in contact with body fluids...

[Yasojack]

has Obama been accused yet for 9/11.

should get Fox news onto it.

My guess is it will be the lead story, followed by "How Obama is trying to kill Republicans with a killer virus".

[harrybarracuda]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

Most Western hospitals these days seem incredibly inept at infection control, with many patients leaving hospital with infections they never had when they went in.

Since the discovery of how germs spread I don;t think it has ever been "better" than it is now/
But this isn;t a case of Docs washing their hands but not washing their necklace ID tags and spreading staph.
This is people knowingly dealing with a deadly virus and having protocols to do so, yet still a nurse came in contact with body fluids...

It was better, but with the rise of resistant strains of various lurgies, it's now worse.

[thaimeme]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

Most Western hospitals these days seem incredibly inept at infection control, with many patients leaving hospital with infections they never had when they went in.

Since the discovery of how germs spread I don;t think it has ever been "better" than it is now/
But this isn;t a case of Docs washing their hands but not washing their necklace ID tags and spreading staph.
This is people knowingly dealing with a deadly virus and having protocols to do so, yet still a nurse came in contact with body fluids...

Let's hope that this nasty bug doesn't change gears.....developing airborne pathogens. We'll be fucked then....

[harrybarracuda]

Alarming that this could happen in a Western hospital that knew what it was dealing with.
Echos the lack of preparedness of Dallas to clean and quarantine their victim's apartment.

Most Western hospitals these days seem incredibly inept at infection control, with many patients leaving hospital with infections they never had when they went in.

Since the discovery of how germs spread I don;t think it has ever been "better" than it is now/
But this isn;t a case of Docs washing their hands but not washing their necklace ID tags and spreading staph.
This is people knowingly dealing with a deadly virus and having protocols to do so, yet still a nurse came in contact with body fluids...

Let's hope that this nasty bug doesn't change gears.....developing airborne pathogens. We'll be fucked then....

Wouldn't be that bad.

Should free up a few airline seats.