Pauline Cafferkey, a Scottish nurse who recovered from Ebola but suffered life-threatening complications from the virus persisting in her brain, has been admitted to hospital for a third time.
An official said on condition of anonymity at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on Tuesday that Cafferkey contracted Ebola in December 2014 when she was working in a treatment facility in Sierra Leone at the height of an epidemic of the disease.
The source said she has been admitted into the hospital under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit for further investigations.
He said the hospital has agreed not to publish updates on her condition to protect the patient’s confidentiality.
He disclosed that during Cafferkey’s previous hospital admissions, officials did provide details of her condition and treatment.
The source said Cafferkey initially recovered from the Ebola hemorrhagic fever and was sent home in January last year.
He, however said in October she fell ill again and doctors found the virus was persisting in tissues in her brain.
The source added: “They later said she had developed meningitis caused by the Ebola virus the first known such case.
“She was treated with an experimental antiviral drug known as GS5734 being developed by US drug maker, Gilead Sciences, although doctors did not disclose whether they thought the drug had improved her condition.”
He said she was discharged from the Royal Free Hospital in London in November.
Reuters/NAN.
Trending
- Hajj 2024: NAHCON describes Gov. Uzodinma as pillar of support
- TUC wants FG to pay wage award for March, April
- Suspension of Dana Air hasty, punitive — Flight Dispatchers
- Ferry deaths: CILT raises alarm as over 300 die in one year
- Smuggled explosives: Customs hands over 6,240 dynamites to DSS
- Anambra: NSCDC arrests eight illegal private guards, recovers weapons
- Health Workers Week: Stakeholders suggest way out of declining workforce
- Review of: ‘Till My Change Comes,’ by Motunrayo Olumakaiye