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Nancy
Writebol, an American nurse with Ebola, has arrived at Emory University
Hospital in Georgia after a nearly day-long trip from Liberia.
American Nurse With Ebola on Stretcher at US Hospital Arrival
Nancy Writebol, an American nurse with Ebola, has arrived at Emory
University Hospital in Georgia after a nearly day-long trip from
Liberia.
Two people in protective coverings were seen bringing Writebol into the
hospital on a stretcher. She was completely covered in a hazmat-style
suit.
The plane carrying Writebol, 59, was the same one that earlier carried
another American with Ebola, Dr. Kent Brantly, when he arrived in the
United States Saturday. Before landing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in
Atlanta, Writebol's plane stopped in Bangor, Maine, and before that, at a
Portuguese air base off the coast of Africa.
Writebol was working with the missionary charity SIM USA to help treat
Ebola patients in Monrovia, Liberia, when she contracted the disease.
Before she took off for the flight, the charity she was working for put
out a statement Monday saying that she was in serious but stable
condition and was showing signs of improvement, including an increasing
appetite. Officials are expected to give an update on her condition this
afternoon.
Like Brantly, who was seen walking from an ambulance into the hospital
Saturday, Writebol will be treated at Emory University Hospital in
Atlanta. Brantly's family has been able to visit him, though Brantley is
kept separated by glass partitions.
Relatives of both Brantly and Writebol met for the first time Monday
night and prayed together. Brantly's family has called on the public to
pray for Writebol and the Writebols are said to be very thankful for
that support.
Writebol's husband, David Writebol, was in Liberia with her and will be arriving in the United States in "a few days," according to the statement put out by SIM on Monday.
Her arrival in the United States came after health officials in New York
lessened fears that a case of Ebola was possible at New York's Mount
Sinai hospital, and other U.S. hospitals were treating potential cases
cautiously.
"After consultation with CDC and Mount Sinai, the Health Department
has concluded that the patient is unlikely to have Ebola," an official
at the New York City Health Department said. "Specimens are being tested
for common causes of illness and to definitively exclude Ebola."
That was not the only international scare reported overnight, as the
Saudi Arabian Health Ministry reported that it was testing a man who
recently traveled to Sierra Leone, one of the countries with confirmed cases of Ebola.
The man, 40, who has not been identified, is reportedly presenting
symptoms of hemorrhagic fever and is in critical condition but is still
undergoing tests to rule out other illnesses. He remains in isolation at
a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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