PAULINE Cafferkey, the nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been released from isolation after being treated for meningitis and is back in Glasgow.
The 39-year-old, from Cambuslang, who contracted Ebola last December, was re-admitted to the isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital on October 9, months after she was thought to have fought off the infection.
At the time Dr Michael Jacobs, from the Royal Free, described the situation as "unprecedented",
The Royal Free said Ms Cafferkey had made a full recovery and was no longer infectious.
A spokeswoman for the unit in Hampstead, said: "We are delighted that Pauline has made a full recovery from Ebola and is well enough to return to Scotland.
Cafferkey first contracted Ebola while working as a nurse at a Save the Children treatment centre.
But the Royal Free has announced today that she has been discharged from its care and transferred to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
Speaking before she returned to Scotland, Mrs Cafferkey said: “I am looking forward to returning to Scotland and to seeing my family and friends again.
"I am forever thankful for the amazing care I have received."
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