GLOBAL HEALTH CARE

Two children are being tested for the ebola virus in the North East, according to reports.
They are said to have recently arrived in the UK from Africa but there is believed to be uncertainty about which country they had been in and how recently.
It is thought the children have been taken for examinations at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary but it us unclear where they are originally from....

The Spanish nurse who became infected with Ebola while treating a patient in Madrid is being sued by her local doctor over her claims that she was told to treat her symptoms with paracetomol.
Teresa Romero, who caught the deadly virus from a Catholic missionary last month, is facing legal action from a GP who claims that the feverish nurse never mentioned during a consultation that she had been working in an Ebola ward....

British medics who have volunteered to fight the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone have accused the Government of failing to offer them proper emergency back-up if they get infected.
The government is planning to despatch up to 1,500 NHS volunteers to the west African nation over coming months, as part of a £125m aid programme that a force of 800 British troops began rolling out last month....

I had gritted teeth and clenched fists and it came out as more of a squeak than a war cry but still, my fury and incomprehension echoed his.
I always knew I would find it frustrating being unable to provide care as sophisticated as I would like for patients suffering, but this isn’t only about the unavailability of intensive care units and swishy machines that beep....