NYC Doctor Who Tested Positive for Ebola to Be Released From Hospital
Craig Spencer, the New York-based doctor who tested positive for Ebola last month, will be released from Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital tomorrow morning, according to the New York Times.
From the Times:
The plan to release Dr. Spencer has not been publicly announced but was confirmed on Monday by two people familiar with his treatment, but who declined to be identified because they did not have permission to release the information. A spokeswoman for Bellevue did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It was unclear Monday whether Dr. Spencer would return to his Hamilton Heights apartment, where his fiancée, Morgan Dixon, is under quarantine. Two friends who had contact with him in the days before his diagnosis were initially held in quarantine, but recently released.
Spencer, who contracted the virus while working with Doctors Without Borders to treat Ebola patients in Liberia, first tested positive 18 days ago, setting off a minor panic in New York after it was revealed that he went bowling in Brooklyn, ate at a popular restaurant, and took three Subway lines the day before showing symptoms.
