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Nurse quarantined in New Jersey after returning from Ebola mission will be released Nurse quarantined in New Jersey after returning from Ebola mission will be released
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A nurse who was detained and placed in isolation in New Jersey after returning from West Africa has tested negative for Ebola and will be discharged, the New Jersey Department of Public Health announced Monday. After a weekend of exchanging sharp barbs with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), a nurse who was detained and placed in isolation in the state after returning from West Africa will be discharged, the New Jersey Department of Public Health announced Monday.
Kaci Hickox was the first health-care worker to be quarantined under a new policy in New York and New Jersey. She criticized her treatment by New Jersey officials as “inhumane” and lashed out at Gov. Chris Christie. “Since testing negative for Ebola early Saturday morning, the patient being monitored in isolation has thankfully been symptom free for the last 24 hrs,” the department said in a statement. “After being evaluated by CDC & her clinicians the patient is being discharged.”
In a statement Monday, the department said: “Since testing negative for Ebola early Saturday morning, the patient being monitored in isolation has thankfully been symptom free for the last 24 hrs. After being evaluated by CDC & her clinicians the patient is being discharged.” Kaci Hickox was the first health-care worker to be quarantined under a new policy in New York and New Jersey, shortly after New York City announced that another health care worker who recently returned from the region tested positive for Ebola. She criticized her treatment by New Jersey officials as “inhumane” and lashed out at Christie, as her isolation continued.
Hickox will still be subject to a mandatory quarantine order while she is in the state, the statement said. “After consulting with her, she has requested transport to Maine,” the health agency said, noting that New Jersey officials will arrange for Hickox to leave the state in “a private carrier not via mass transit or commercial aircraft. Health officials in Maine have been notified of her arrangements and will make a determination under their own laws on her treatment when she arrives.” On Monday, at a campaign event in Florida for Gov. Rick Scott, Christie said Hickox will understand his quarantine decision “when she has time to reflect.”
Hickox returned last week from Sierra Leone after working with Doctors Without Borders on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic. She was held in isolation in a facility attached to a New Jersey hospital over the weekend, despite having no symptoms of Ebola. Hickox returned last week from Sierra Leone after working with Doctors Without Borders on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic. She was held in isolation in an un-heated tent attached to a New Jersey hospital over the weekend, despite having no symptoms of Ebola.
Writing about her isolation for the Dallas Morning News, Hickox said that her treatment after arriving at Newark was disorganized and troubling. “No one seemed to be in charge,” she wrote. “No one would tell me what was going on or what would happen to me.”Writing about her isolation for the Dallas Morning News, Hickox said that her treatment after arriving at Newark was disorganized and troubling. “No one seemed to be in charge,” she wrote. “No one would tell me what was going on or what would happen to me.”
Hickox was held over the weekend in a tent outside of hospital’s main building. Doctors Without Borders told NPR that the tent was not heated. She was specifically critical of Christie, who had told reporters Saturday that Hickox was “obviously ill.”
She was specifically critical of Gov. Chris Christie (R), who had told reporters Saturday that Hickox was “obviously ill.”
“First of all, I don’t think he’s a doctor,” Hickox told CNN on Sunday, in an interview from her isolation tent. “For the first 12 hours, I was in shock. Now I’m angry.”“First of all, I don’t think he’s a doctor,” Hickox told CNN on Sunday, in an interview from her isolation tent. “For the first 12 hours, I was in shock. Now I’m angry.”
That same day, she hired civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, who told NBC News that Hickox planned to sue for her release.That same day, she hired civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, who told NBC News that Hickox planned to sue for her release.
Hickox will still be subject to a mandatory quarantine order while she is in the state, the department of health statement said. “After consulting with her, she has requested transport to Maine,” the health agency said, noting that New Jersey officials will arrange for Hickox to leave the state in “a private carrier not via mass transit or commercial aircraft. Health officials in Maine have been notified of her arrangements and will make a determination under their own laws on her treatment when she arrives.”
After a doctor in New York tested positive for Ebola, Christie and New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) issued strict quarantine procedures for all health-care workers returning from Ebola-stricken regions of West Africa. The doctor, Craig Spencer, had also recently returned from the region after working with Doctors Without Borders.After a doctor in New York tested positive for Ebola, Christie and New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) issued strict quarantine procedures for all health-care workers returning from Ebola-stricken regions of West Africa. The doctor, Craig Spencer, had also recently returned from the region after working with Doctors Without Borders.
On Sunday evening, Cuomo revised his state’s initial quarantine procedures to allow asymptomatic health-care workers who have been in contact with Ebola patients to return to their homes, as long as they remain in isolation there.On Sunday evening, Cuomo revised his state’s initial quarantine procedures to allow asymptomatic health-care workers who have been in contact with Ebola patients to return to their homes, as long as they remain in isolation there.
Christie defended his state’s quarantine on “Fox News Sunday.”Christie defended his state’s quarantine on “Fox News Sunday.”
“I don’t believe when you’re dealing with something as serious as this that we can count on a voluntary system,” he said. “The government’s job is to protect [the] safety and health of our citizens. And so we’ve taken this action, and I absolutely have no second thoughts about it.”“I don’t believe when you’re dealing with something as serious as this that we can count on a voluntary system,” he said. “The government’s job is to protect [the] safety and health of our citizens. And so we’ve taken this action, and I absolutely have no second thoughts about it.”
On Monday, at a campaign event in Florida for Gov. Rick Scott, Christie said Hickox will understand his quarantine decision “when she has time to reflect.” In Florida on Monday, after health officials announced that Hickox would be discharged, Christie, according  to CNN, told reporters: “I know she didn’t want to be there. No one ever wants to be in the hospital, I suspect, and so I understand that. But the fact is I have a much greater, bigger responsibility to the people and the public.”
“I know she didn’t want to be there,” Christie said, according to CNN. “No one ever wants to be in the hospital, I suspect, and so I understand that. But the fact is I have a much greater, bigger responsibility to the people and the public.” The news of Hickox’s release came shortly after health officials in New York announced that a 5-year-old boy who recently traveled from Guinea is at Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital awaiting test results for Ebola. According to an e-mailed statement from the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the child developed a fever Monday morning while already under observation at Bellevue. The department expects preliminary results within the next 12 hours.
The news of Hickox’s discharge came shortly after health officials in New York announced that a 5-year-old boy who recently traveled from Guinea is at Bellevue Hospital in New York awaiting test results for Ebola. According to an e-mailed statement from the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the child developed a fever Monday morning while already under observation at Bellevue. The department expects preliminary results within the next 12 hours.
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