Wednesday, November 5, 2014

‘If my blood can be used to cure Ebola, here I am’ (Teresa Romero)

The Spanish nurse who has been cleared of Ebola, Teresa Romero, offered her blood to treat patients suffering from the disease today in her first public appearance after leaving Madrid’s Carlos III Hospital. She said she does not know how she became infected and condemned the authorities’ decision to put down her dog.

“If my contagion can be used to know more about the illness or if my blood can be used to cure other people, here I am,” she said, visibly moved. Romero arrived at the press conference accompanied by her husband and his colleagues.
“I am still very weak,” the 44-year-old health worker said, as she expressed her desire to spend time with her family and friends. The health worker thanked all those who treated her in Carlos III Hospital, where she fought for her life since October 6, when she was infected after treating deceased Spanish priest Manuel García Viego.

“This proves that we have the best health system in the world. These are proffesionals that work miracles despite the disastrous political administration. I am one of those miracles,” Romero said.

“I don’t know what failed, or even if something did fail,” she said. “Now it is time to rest, to get better.”

However, the nurse condemned the authorities’ decision to euthanize her dog Excalibur as a precaution. “It was not necessary to put down the god. It had not even been proved that he was infected,” she said.
 [buenosairesherald.com]
5/11/14
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1 comment :

  1. Spanish nurse who survived Ebola offers blood to treat others ...

    Ms Teresa Romero, 44, overcame the deadly virus after becoming the first known person to catch Ebola outside West Africa in the current outbreak, which has so far killed nearly 5,000 people.

    The contagion, after Ms Romero cared for two priests repatriated from West Africa and who later died in Madrid, caused a backlash against the Spanish government, with health workers claiming they had received inadequate training and equipment to deal with Ebola.

    “I don’t know what went wrong, I don’t even know if anything went wrong,” an emotional Ms Romero told a news conference, referring to the source of the contagion, which is still being investigated.

    “I only know that I am not reproachful or resentful, but if my infection can be of some use, so that the disease can be studied better or to help find a vaccine or to cure other people, here I am,” Ms Romero said, accompanied by staff from the Carlos III Hospital where she was treated, and her husband.

    Ms Romero was given antibodies from a missionary nun who had caught Ebola in Liberia and who had also survived, as well as an experimental drug called favipiravir, doctors said. They added it was not clear exactly which part of the treatment had been key to her recovery....................http://www.todayonline.com/world/europe/spanish-nurse-who-survived-ebola-offers-blood-treat-others
    6/11/14

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