Nurse’s readmission with complications arising from infection is a reminder of how devastating virus can be even to survivorsLast week the Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey was in celebratory mood as she met the prime minister’s wife,Samantha Cameron. She flew down to London after being selected for a Pride of Britain award by the Daily Mirror and joined other winners and families for a reception at No 10 Downing Street.
Cafferkey had contracted Ebola when volunteering for Save the Children’s Kerry Town hospital outside Freetown in Sierra Leone final December. After successful treatment at the tall-level isolation unit at the Royal Free hospital in London, she was discharged three weeks later. Related: Scottish Ebola nurse readmitted to hospital in 'serious condition' Related: Sierra Leone: ‘Friends died from the virus they fought against’ | Isaac Bayoh Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com