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Pauline Cafferkey discharged from hospital following treatment for Ebola complications

Pauline Cafferkey, the Glasgow nurse who contracted Ebola while in West Africa more than a year ago, has been discharged from hospital following treatment for complications related to her earlier infection.

It had been the third time she was admitted to hospital since contracting the disease.

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Royal Free: Cafferkey to be treated for Ebola 'complication'

Pauline Cafferkey is to be treated at the Royal Free Hospital Credit: PA

The Royal Free Hospital has confirmed that Pauline Cafferkey is to be transferred there for treatment for "a late complication" from when she was infected with the Ebola virus.

A spokesman for the hospital said:

We can confirm that Pauline Cafferkey is being transferred to the Royal Free Hospital due to a late complication from her previous infection by the Ebola virus. She will now be treated by the hospital's infectious diseases team under nationally-agreed guidelines. The Ebola virus can only be transmitted by direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person while they are symptomatic, so the risk to the general public remains low and the NHS has well-established and practised infection control procedures in place.

– Statement from Royal Free Hospital

Ms Cafferkey was treated at the Royal Free when she was first infected with Ebola.

She was treated there again last year for meningitis caused by Ebola.

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