Texas hospital 'deeply sorry' for Ebola mistakes after 1 patient dies, infects 2 nurses

Texas' Ebola nightmare started last month when Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital sent a feverish Thomas Eric Duncan home two days before it isolated him. Officials apologized Wednesday for not diagnosing him correctly earlier. One of the two nurses who treated Duncan and developed Ebola flew a day before she was diagnosed — but she might have been symptomatic on the plane, the CDC warned.

Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital admitted it made mistakes in its handling of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital admitted it made mistakes in its handling of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S.

The Texas hospital that sent a contagious Ebola patient home is saying sorry.

Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital admitted it not handle its first Ebola case correctly: two of its staffers who treated "patient zero" were infected with the virus, one of whom flew across the country just before she was diagnosed, setting off national panic of possible uncontained exposure.

CDC confirms second Ebola case in Texas.

Health worker wore ‘full’ protective gear.


In the first case of Ebola transmission in the United States, a Texas nurse who treated an Ebola-stricken Liberian man has tested positive for the deadly virus.
The test result was confirmed Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, four days after the death of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas.
The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital worker reported “a low-grade fever” Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement. This person “was isolated and referred for testing.” The preliminary test result was received late Saturday.