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The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. told an emergency room nurse that he had recently been in Liberia – one of the African countries worst hit by the virus – but was sent home with antibiotics two days before he was put in isolation, it was revealed on Wednesday.
The patient, now named as Thomas Eric Duncan, was initially sent away with a diagnosis of a ‘low grade virus’ by staff at Texas Presbyterian Hospital on Friday until an ambulance was called to where he was staying in Dallas with relatives on Sunday when his condition worsened.
At a press conference today, Dr. Mark Lester confirmed that a nurse asked Duncan on his first visit whether he had been in an area affected by the Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa – in accordance with new checklists put in place to safeguard from the disease …. http://www.dailymail.co.uk