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PAULINE CAFFERKEY, THE Scottish Ebola patient, is no longer in critical condition.
She was admitted to the Royal Free London hospital on 29 December. The hospital released a statement today, saying:
The Royal Free Hospital is pleased to announce that Pauline Cafferkey is showing signs of improvement and is no longer critically ill. She remains in isolation as she receives specialist care for the Ebola virus.
Pauline Cafferkey is a trained nurse who contracted the virus while doing volunteer work with Save the Children in Sierra Leone. On 3 January, the hospital announced that her condition had deteriorated.
Previous to this, she had agreed to take an experimental anti-viral drug.
Cafferkey has been in isolation since she was admitted to Royal Free.
In a statement last week, her family said:
We would like to thank all our friends, family and the members of the public who have contacted us with support following Pauline’s diagnosis with Ebola. We have been very touched by the kind words. Pauline continues to be in a critical condition at the Royal Free Hospital. We want to thank all the staff caring for her for their kindness, support and compassion. Pauline’s condition could remain the same for some time and we would again ask for her and our privacy to be respected.
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Great to hear some good news after the events of the past week. All the very best to her.
Great news
It is great news, hope full recovery is not far off
Brilliant! She deserves all of the breaks.
The human race needed this win!
Not taking away from the woman’s health, and its great that she’s recovering, but isn’t it amazing that its an ‘in curable disease’ in west Africa, but curable in the UK!!
Fatality rate is 50% in Africa?
The fatality rate for over 45′s is 94%
And Pauline Cafferky is 39. But of course she’s getting better treatment. She’s in a first world country and she’s the only one with the virus.
The fatality rate for 21 to 45 years old is 70%
This is my point. The same effort should be put into saving lives over there.
Trevor probably don’t have the right facilities. More to the point though, and this has been reported previously. The Ebola virus is spread by physical contact with an infected person. The burial rites in the Ebola countries require burial within 24 hours. So more often than not the corpses come into contact with healthy people. Thus spreading the infection.
Also there is a slight difference in numbers being treated. One as compared to hundreds.
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