(ANSA) - Rome, December 4 - The Italian doctor who
contracted Ebola while fighting the epidemic in Sierra Leone is
stable but remains in very serious condition, specialists at
Rome's Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases said
Friday.
The 50-year-old man was transferred to intensive care and
remains on a respirator after his condition deteriorated with a
fever on Thursday, said his treatment team.
The patient, who contracted the deadly virus while working
for medical-aid NGO Emergency, started treatment with a new
experimental medicine brought in from abroad earlier this week.
As part of the therapy, the patient has also received
plasma transfusions from survivors of the disease.
Ebola-stricken doctor stable in Rome
Health-care team says he remains on respirator, intensive care