The British nurse who risked her life treating Ebola victims and came close to death when she contracted the disease herself has been summoned for a hearing by the nursing regulator over whether her symptoms were concealed when she arrived back in the UK, reports The Independent.
Pauline Cafferkey volunteered with Save the Children to travel to a treatment centre in Sierra Leone at the height of the Ebola outbreak. But within hours of her return to the UK in December, she complained of Ebola symptoms and was confirmed to have the disease. She fell critically ill and spent three weeks at a specialist unit at the Royal Free Hospital.
However, after leaving hospital she was told she was under investigation by the General Medical Council and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The NMC was handed information by Public Health England, which was concerned that procedures designed to prevent the disease from being introduced into the UK had not been complied with. Two other nurses and two doctors are also understood to be the subject of the inquiry.
[link url="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-ebola-nurse-appears-on-misconduct-charge-over-whether-symptoms-were-concealed-10092424.html"]Full report in The Independent[/link]