Sudanese man dies of Ebola in Germany

 Germany is now caring for only one Ebola patient, a hospital spokesman says
A U.N. worker from Sudan died from Ebola in a hospital in Leipzig, Germany
The 56-year-old U.N. staffer had been working in Liberia
He was cared for in a secure isolation ward by well drilled staff, the hospital said

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A United Nations medical worker who was infected with Ebola while working in Liberia has died in Germany.

His death further raises questions of just how equipped health officials are in dealing with cases of the disease.
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The 56-year-old man was Sudanese, a spokesman for the St. Georg hospital in Leipzig said Tuesday. He was being treated in a secure isolation ward there. And the clinic said last week that its doctors and medical staff were "perfectly prepared" for the task.

Following the man's death, Germany is treating only one other Ebola patient, according to St. Georg hospital spokesman Constantin Sauff.

The other patient is being treated in Frankfurt, he said. Another patient who was being treated in Hamburg has been as been discharged from hospital after recovering, Sauff said.

A Spanish nurse's assistant last week became the first person to contract the virus in Europe in the current outbreak.

And a nurse in Dallas, Texas, was confirmed as the first to have contracted the virus in the United States.

The nurse, Nina Pham, had cared for Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, who contracted Ebola in Liberia and died of the illness at the hospital.

Liberia is one of the countries worst affected by the deadly virus, along with Sierra Leone and Guinea. The World Health Organization estimates more than 4,000 people have died from confirmed or suspected cases of the virus.

The nurse's assistant in Spain remains in critical condition and is having trouble breathing, authorities said. The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the Madrid hospital where Teresa Romero Ramos is being treated doesn't meet all the standards set for centers capable of Ebola care.



In a scathing letter distributed Monday, Javier Limon, her husband, said she received only 30 minutes of training in putting on protective gear and called for the resignation of Madrid's regional health minister over how the case has been handled.

Source: CNN