Dr. Rick Sacra, the third US patient to be treated of the disease has been isolated in hospital again due to persistent cough, chest pains fever.
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According to DailyMail, the 51-year-old doctor who contracted the deadly virus while working in Liberia was initially treated at the University of Nebraska Medical Center last month and was discharged after testing negative.
However, he has been readmitted at UMass Memorial Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, barely two weeks after he was certified Ebola-free.
Doctors monitoring his status have advised the public not to panic as he hasn't relapsed and they believe he will be fine, just to make sure the cough and fever is caused by other illness.
Medical Director Dr Phil Smith told WCVB:
"Even though the likelihood of Dr. Sacra having a relapse of Ebola is extremely low, doctors will run tests to be 100 percent sure. Because of his recent battle with the Ebola virus, his immune system is compromised. The symptoms he has are indicative of a respiratory illness and are not those of someone suffering from Ebola," he added.After Dr Sacra had been cleared of the virus at the end of September, he told reporters that he planned to return to the Ebola-plagued countries in Africa to help them contain the disease.
"The odds of my ending up back there are pretty high. I don't have any specific plans, but that's where my heart is. 'It's heartbreaking for me to see Liberians suffering from Ebola and other diseases right now."
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Meanwhile, this is the worst Ebola outbreak the world has ever experienced. Nearly 3,000 people in West Africa have been killed by the deadly disease in the last six months.
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