Teresa discharged from hospital and says Spain's health service is 'capable of miracles'
Thursday, November 6, 2014 @ 9:09 AM
NURSE Teresa Romero has been sent home after a month in the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, of which 25 days were spent in isolation, and says Spain has 'the best healthcare system in the world'.
During a brief press conference upon being discharged, the 44-year-old from Alcorcón (Madrid), who caught the deadly Ebola virus whilst treating missionary doctor Manuel García Viejo, 69, after his repatriation from Sierra Leone, said: “Despite the nefarious political management, here in Spain we have the best healthcare in the world, capable of working miracles. And I'm one of those.”
Teresa survived against the odds after a touch-and-go 48 hours when her work colleagues at the Carlos III, who were treating her, thought they were going to lose her.
Sitting in a wheelchair and still very weak, but completely free from Ebola and with her organs working properly now, Teresa profusely thanked each and every staff member by name, from cleaners and porters through to nurses and doctors.
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