Ebola: Doctor Released From New York Hospital
By Sky News US Team
Craig Spencer, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in New York, is released from hospital following his recovery.
The 33-year-old doctor appeared outside Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital alongside New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who hailed him as a "hero".
"He stayed cool, he stayed calm," Mr de Blasio said of Dr Spencer.
"He kept his sense of humour."
Dr Spencer tested positive for the virus on 23 October just days after returning from treating patients in Guinea.
He was treated in a specially designed isolation unit at Bellevue, a designated Ebola treatment centre.
News of Dr Spencer's infection left many New Yorkers alarmed particularly as it emerged that he rode the subway, dined in a restaurant and visited a bowling alley in the days before he developed a fever and tested positive.
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has killed around 5,000 people, but only a handful have been diagnosed or treated in the US.
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world's most generous philanthropists, has told Sky News the Ebola crisis needs to be a top priority.
"Because it's really shut down the health systems in these countries and if we don't stop this epidemic it will spread to many other countries and their health systems will shut down," he said.
Ebola: Doctor Released From New York HospitalBy Sky News US TeamCraig Spencer, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in New York, is released from hospital following his recovery.The 33-year-old doctor appeared outside Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital alongside New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who hailed him as a "hero"."He stayed cool, he stayed calm," Mr de Blasio said of Dr Spencer."He kept his sense of humour."Dr Spencer tested positive for the virus on 23 October just days after returning from treating patients in Guinea.He was treated in a specially designed isolation unit at Bellevue, a designated Ebola treatment centre.News of Dr Spencer's infection left many New Yorkers alarmed particularly as it emerged that he rode the subway, dined in a restaurant and visited a bowling alley in the days before he developed a fever and tested positive.The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has killed around 5,000 people, but only a handful have been diagnosed or treated in the US.Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world's most generous philanthropists, has told Sky News the Ebola crisis needs to be a top priority."Because it's really shut down the health systems in these countries and if we don't stop this epidemic it will spread to many other countries and their health systems will shut down," he said.
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