Ebola nurse transferred to Glasgow hospital
Pauline Cafferkey released from isolation unit after treatment for Meningitis and moved to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been released from isolation after being treated for meningitis caused by the deadly virus.
The 39-year-old Scot, who contracted Ebola last December, was re-admitted to the isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north-west London on October 9, months after she was thought to have fought off the infection.
At one point she was described as "critically ill'' but the Royal Free announced today that she had been discharged from its care and transferred to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to continue her recovery.
Speaking before she returned to Scotland, Mrs Cafferkey said: "I am forever thankful for the amazing care I have received at the Royal Free Hospital.
"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.''