
Sick traveler who worked with Ebola patients at Hackensack University Medical Center
January 19, 2015, 4:33 PM Last updated: Monday, January 19, 2015, 6:03 PM
By ABBOTT KOLOFF
staff writer | The Record
A woman who had been working in Sierra Leone with Ebola patients was taken off a United Airlines flight at Newark Liberty Airport in a hazmat suit Monday afternoon and transported to Hackensack University Medical Center after she exhibited a high fever and vomited on the flight, government officials and law enforcement sources said.
The woman was identified only as a health care practitioner by authorities. They did not detail whether she is a doctor, a nurse or an aide and did not specify where she lives. Newark is one of five airports in the United States designated as a point of entry for people coming from parts of West Africa where there was an Ebola outbreak last year, and Hackensack is one of three hospitals in New Jersey authorized to isolate and assess potential Ebola patients.
I greatly admire those who work with Ebola patients and believe we owe them a debt of gratitude for doing so, just like we owe to any who care for those in need. But i really do wonder what the hell some of them think when they travel without observing proper quarantines procedures or insist on going out in public before waiting periods expire.
Valley’s management is jealous. They would dearly love to inflict this kind of chaos on their Ridgewood neighbors in retaliation for having their expansion plans nixed.
Maybe she did self-quarrantine before she traveled. The article does not include this important piece of information. Flu and stomach virus are also going around.