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The person, who does not have Ebola, was jogging Saturday
afternoon near the Nebraska Medicine medical center when the
person "had a cardiac issue." The person, who has not been
identified, was admitted to the hospital and is in stable
condition, the hospital said.
"It is important for everyone to understand this patient does
not have Ebola," says Phil Smith, medical director of the
Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. "There is no risk to hospital
staff, patients, those assisting at the scene or the public."
The individual is one of five health care workers who are being
monitored for 21 days after participating in a mission to Sierra
Leone where a colleague tested positive for Ebola.
More than 10,000 people have died from an Ebola outbreak that
has plagued the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone over the last year.
(Reporting by Carey Gillam in Kansas City; Editing by Bernard
Orr)
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