A healthcare worker who recently returned from Ebola-stricken Guinea where he treated patients has been rushed to a New York City hospital with a fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. Tests returned “preliminary positive results” for Ebola. The doctor suffering symptoms of the disease was rushed to hospital on Thursday afternoon with “all necessary precautions”, according to the New York City Department of Health. He was identified as Dr. Craig Spencer who works with Doctors Without Borders. Preliminary test results show that the patient is positive for the Ebola virus. The federal Centers for Disease Control will conduct further tests to confirm the initial result. “Testing confirmed that a patient here in New York City had tested positive for Ebola,” NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio told a press conference.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 06:53:15 +0000