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hrmjustin

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Wed Aug 6, 2014, 05:57 PM Aug 2014

Mount Sinai Hospital: Patient In Isolation Does Not Have Ebola

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Mount Sinai Hospital patient who has been in isolation since Monday does not have the Ebola virus, hospital officials said Wednesday afternoon.

“We would like to report that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have determined that the patient kept in isolation since Monday, August 4, 2014 at The Mount Sinai Hospital has tested negative for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD),” the hospital said in a statement. “The patient is in stable condition,
is improving, and remains in the care of our physicians and nurses.”

It was not immediately clear what disease the man was suffering from. He had recently taken a trip to West Africa.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/06/mount-sinai-hospital-president-patient-in-good-spirits-ebola-test-results-could-come-wednesday/

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Mount Sinai Hospital: Patient In Isolation Does Not Have Ebola (Original Post) hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP
Link... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #1
Thanks my friend. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #2
That's good news. And I'm glad he's improving. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #3

PoliticAverse

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Wed Aug 6, 2014, 06:02 PM
Aug 2014

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Mount Sinai Hospital patient who has been in isolation since Monday does not have the Ebola virus, hospital officials said Wednesday afternoon.

“We would like to report that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have determined that the patient kept in isolation since Monday, August 4, 2014 at The Mount Sinai Hospital has tested negative for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD),” the hospital said in a statement. “The patient is in stable condition, is improving, and remains in the care of our physicians and nurses.”

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