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Ebola outbreak: Spanish nurse Romero leaving hospital Ebola: Cured Spanish nurse Teresa Romero recounts illness
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The Spanish nurse who became the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside West Africa is being discharged from a hospital in Madrid. The Spanish nurse who became the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside West Africa in the latest outbreak has given an emotional account of her ordeal as she left hospital.
She no longer posed a risk and could lead a normal life, said Jose Ramon Arribas, the head of the Carlos III hospital's infectious diseases unit. Teresa Romero said she had clung to memories of family when she thought she was dying and still does not know how she caught the disease.
Teresa Romero had treated two Spanish missionaries who had returned from West Africa but later died of Ebola. She had treated two returning Spanish missionaries who later died.
She recovered after being given a variety of treatments at the hospital. She vowed to donate blood to other Ebola victims until she "ran dry".
But in her first press conference after being discharged from the Carlos III hospital, she also condemned Spanish officials for putting down her dog.
She said they had unnecessarily "executed" the mixed breed Excalibur.
'Big hug'
On her release from hospital, an emotional Ms Romero, 44, read a statement, saying: "When I felt I was dying I would cling to my memories, to my family and my husband, I was isolated and I did not have any contact with the exterior except with (husband) Javier by telephone."
She said she felt the disease "did not matter to the Western world until there was an infection here".
She added: "I don't know what failed, or if anything failed. I just know that I don't hold any grudges."
Ms Romero recovered after being given a variety of treatments including blood plasma from survivor Paciencia Melgar.
Ms Romero said that she wanted to meet the nun and "give her a big hug".
"I can never be grateful enough," she said.
An antiviral drug was also given to Ms Romero but the hospital was unable to say which method had been successful.
The nurse said that if her blood helped cure another Ebola sufferer she would "repeat it again until I run dry".
She also thanked the hospital staff for their support and said it would have been "impossible" to save her life without it.
Hospital chief Rafael Perez-Santamarina told reporters it was "excellent news after a very complicated month for everyone".Hospital chief Rafael Perez-Santamarina told reporters it was "excellent news after a very complicated month for everyone".
Although she would be able to return to normal life, she would need "time for a full recovery from a very dramatic event," his colleague Mr Arribas added. Ms Romero no longer posed a risk and could lead a normal life, said Jose Ramon Arribas, the head of the Carlos III hospital's infectious diseases unit.
Although she would be able to return to home, she would need "time for a full recovery from a very dramatic event," his colleague Mr Arribas added.
"The main joy is that finally it's been possible to save someone with Ebola and more importantly a colleague," fellow nurse Esther Bellon said."The main joy is that finally it's been possible to save someone with Ebola and more importantly a colleague," fellow nurse Esther Bellon said.
Among the treatments given to the 44-year-old nurse were blood plasma from an Ebola survivor as well as an antiviral drug, but the hospital was unable to say which method had been successful. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed some 5,000 people. The vast majority of the deaths have been in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed some 5,000 people. Most of the deaths have been in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) told reporters in Liberian on Tuesday that he was pleased with what he said were significant improvements in some areas, and that fewer people were dying from the virus.
"But we have a long and difficult road ahead of us. UNMEER is very committed to mobilising additional resources to help with the efforts and will be doing more to support government efforts in the days and weeks to come," he added.
UK centre in Sierra LeoneUK centre in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, the British government has constructed an Ebola treatment centre, the first of six to be built to help tackle the virus there. Meanwhile in Sierra Leone, the British government has constructed an Ebola treatment centre, the first of six to be built to help tackle the virus there.
The centre, which has 92 beds, is to be jointly run by the Department for International Development (DfID) and charity Save the Children.The centre, which has 92 beds, is to be jointly run by the Department for International Development (DfID) and charity Save the Children.
British Army engineers and Sierra Leonean construction workers had been "working round the clock" to complete the new treatment centre, she added, with "the potential to save countless lives." British Army engineers and Sierra Leonean construction workers had been "working round the clock" to complete the new treatment centre, UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening said, with "the potential to save countless lives".
US and international treatment centresUS and international treatment centres