The health of the Spanish nurse being treated for Ebola has deteriorated, according to the Madrid hospital where she is being treated.<br /><br />Another person, the doctor who first tended to her, has been placed in isolation bringing to seven the number of people in quarantine.<br /><br />The patient, Teresa Romero, is the only one to have tested positive for the virus.<br /><br />Authorities insist that the contamination was a result of human error:<br /><br />Javier Rodriguez from the Department of Health in Madrid said: “Everyone is aware that since the patient was admitted, she denied any errors. But she has admitted to her doctor she made a mistake when she removed her suit, she had contact with the glove.”<br /><br />Nursing unions are furious and claim the current protocol is not fit for purpose.<br /><br />Isabel Lozano with the SAF nursing union said: “There is a huge failure of protocol. Maybe Teresa did rub her face with a glove. The issue is not whether she lied or if she hid information from her doctor. The fact is the protocol failed.”<br /><br />The investigation into how the nurse contracted the disease continues, and the government is to review its Ebola protocol.
