Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'has made full recovery'

Pauline Cafferkey initially contracted Ebola while working at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone last year.

She was successfully treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London, but was taken there again in October after the virus caused her to develop meningitis.

The hospital said Ms Cafferkey had now been discharged.

In a statement, it said that the 39-year-old nurse was no longer infectious, was well enough to return to Scotland, and had been transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

A statement from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde added: "We can confirm that Pauline Cafferkey was transferred back to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to complete her hospital treatment. Her condition is stable.

"All the appropriate arrangements for Pauline's admission to the hospital and continued treatment have been followed."

'Amazing care'

Ms Cafferkey said she was "forever thankful for the amazing care" she had received at the Royal Free, which has a specialist isolation unit for treating highly infectious diseases.

She added: "For a second time staff across many departments of the hospital have worked incredibly hard to help me recover and I will always be grateful to them and the NHS.

"I am looking forward to returning to Scotland and to seeing my family and friends again."

 

(BBC)