Spanish Ebola patient's condition worsens, doctor says

CNN ^ | 10-9-2014 | Laura Perez-Maestro, Jason Hanna and Greg Botelho

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The condition of a Spanish nurse's assistant ill with Ebola has worsened, a doctor told reporters Thursday.

The update on Teresa Romero Ramos came two days after she was admitted to the same Madrid hospital where she had previously helped treat an Ebola patient, and 10 days after she started feeling ill.

Dr. Yolanda Fuentes, who works at the Carlos III hospital, said Romero's condition had worsened but declined to give further details.

Romero became ill after she helped treat an Ebola-stricken Spanish missionary. Her case has prompted concerns from her fellow medical professionals about whether they are properly equipped to safely treat Ebola patients, and questions about why a week passed before Romero was treated.

On Thursday, a doctor who tended to Romero at the hospital where she initially was treated published an open letter claiming that his protective sleeves were too short.

The letter written by Dr. Juan Manuel Parra, who saw Romero at Madrid's Alcorcon Hospital where she was evaluated Monday and Tuesday, was posted online by many Spanish media outlets. Parra currently isn't displaying any symptoms

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Meanwhile, CNN Breaking says a UK National in Macedonia may have died of Ebola.

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Have they tried killing another dog?

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