Dr. Craig Spencer, who recently returned from disease-wracked West African country Guinea after working with Doctors Without Borders, hit the lanes in Williamsburg and used Uber taxis to get around, sources said. The shocking revelation that Spencer was roaming around town — after first telling authorities he self-quarantined himself — emerged after the 33-year-old was hauled off to Bellevue Hospital in a protective suit with symptoms of the deadly disease.
| The best quarantine plans in the world can't treat stupidity or irresponsibility... |
| How will he feel if he not only has the disease, but shared it with Harlem and beyond? Idiot. This is considerably worse than all the cancer researchers who smoke like chimneys because they know they'll find a cure before it becomes a problem to them. |
A Harlem doctor who treated Ebola patients in West Africa before returning to New York earlier this month has tested positive for the deadly disease - the first such diagnosis in the city.
Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, was hauled off Thursday to Bellevue Hospital in a protective suit with symptoms of the deadly disease. Sources said his temperature was normal when he landed at Kennedy Airport 10 days ago. But it spiked to a 103-degree fever by early Thursday. And he was vomiting, the sources said.
FDNY hazardous materials specialists sealed-off Spencer’s apartment on W. 147th St. and took the doctor out on a stretcher.
Test results were released about 8:30 p.m. Thursday night.
While sources said Spencer claimed to have self-quarantined after feeling ill, he was at a pair of bowling spots in Willliamsburg, Brooklyn on Wednesday. He used Uber taxis to get around, sources said.
An agitated woman who identified herself as Spencer’s fiancée showed up later at Bellevue. She has since been quarantined, sources said.
Dr Spencer is a fellow of international emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, and an instructor in clinical medicine at Columbia University.
"He is a committed and responsible physician who always puts his patients first," the hospital said in a statement. "He has not been to work at our hospital and has not seen any patients at our hospital since his return from overseas." |