The second Spanish infected by Ebola were unable to overcome this serious illness and has died Thursday after spending the last four days admitted to the Hospital Carlos III of Madrid, as reported by hospital officials.
García Viejo 70-year-old from Folgoso de la Ribera (Leon), who was a specialist in internal medicine and a diploma in tropical medicine, was contagious virus in Sierra Leone, where for 12 years he was medical director of the Hospital San Juan de Dios in Lunsar. From there, a medicalized plane chartered by the Spanish government, landed on Monday September 22 at the airport of Torrejon de Ardoz.
Although the religious expressed his desire not to be informed of his health, yes it was known from the beginning that he was “serious” and had a severe dehydration and hepatorenal damage. This morning, the Order of St. John of God to which he belongs had reported that their health had worsened.
Old García could not receive the Z-Mapp other drug was administered to the priest Miguel Pajares last August, to be out of their stock. For this reason, Health reported that shuffled other treatment options, including most notably the option to inject the serum of a survivor. However, it appears that none of these options has thrived since, as is well known, García Viejo has only received treatment these days support.
Throughout the process, the Order of St. John of God, to which he belongs, has called for prudence and caution, and there have been several occasions on which reiterated its appreciation to the staff of the Hospital Carlos III in they were trying to religious, who had more than 30 years living and working in Africa.
At this point, the protocol established for these cases, protocol and was launched last August with the death of Miguel Pajares be activated. As happened then, Garcia’s body will be cremated Viejo in a sealed zinc coffin covered, given the high viral load body. If you follow the same steps then cremation will be held in the funeral home crematory Collado-Villalba (Madrid).
The death of Spanish missionary comes at a time when all international authorities and agency seek to strengthen their action against this disease, whose situation in West Africa seems totally out of control. In fact, while the World Health Organization (WHO) talk of 3,000 deaths, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC, according to its acronym in English) rising to 1.4 million cases that could register here to January 2015.
The disease is hitting a virulently health that are working to try to control the infection in African countries, as was the case of Garcia himself Viejo. Order your own acknowledged that it is unknown how could infect the missionary hospital since its closed in August and not reopened until September 8 with all international safety protocols. Precisely in this sense, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki Moon, has proposed the creation of a Army international white coats able to fight this infection.
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