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Ebola negative nurse back to normal life

The Nurse Practitioner at the centre of the Ebola scare at Christmas time says it’s wonderful to be back to a normal life.

Rossland’s Patrice Gordon is at her practice in the Chilcotin after her three-week self-monitoring period ended this week.

She tested negative for Ebola at Kelowna General Hospital after having flu-like symptoms soon after returning from Sierra Leone.

She hopes the whole episode has highlighted the extreme challenges facing the people of West Africa.

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She just got news that one of her Sierra Leone based Red Cross colleagues has died from the virus.

She hopes to return there in the Spring.

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