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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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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey discharged from hospital

File image of Pauline Cafferkey at the Royal Free Credit: Royal Free Hospital

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been discharged from the Royal Free Hospital, where she had been admitted following complications from a previous Ebola infection.

A statement from the hospital said that Ms Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa more than a year ago, is not infectious.

Her recent spell in the Royal Free was the third time Ms Cafferkey has been treated in the hospital since returning to the UK after contracting Ebola.

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