Although the Spanish nurse, the first to contract Ebola outside West Africa, still remains under critical condition, she is stable, a report published in Reuters on Saturday, October 11, mentioned.
In a series of photographs found also on the same news report in the website, 44-year-old Teresa Romero appears to be conscious, is sitting, and is responsive to the instructions and care of health workers who are in a complete protective yellow suit.
Ramos is currently staying on the sixth floor while the others who have come in contact with her, including her husband, are under strict observation in another floor.
Ramos was one of the nurses who tended to two Spanish Ebola victims, a priest and a former medical director in Sierra Leone, who died in August and September, respectively. She developed symptoms while on a holiday and was initially treated in a hospital in a Spanish suburb.
Spain, meanwhile, is currently developing an experimental Ebola drug known as ZMab, an agent of ZMapp, which is the medication provided to two U.S. doctors who are now completely healed of the disease. It's still unknown, however, whether such drug will be given to Romero. Currently, she's receiving antibodies from previously infected patients.
Another nurse who also worked with Romero was released after her Ebola tests came back negative.
Meanwhile, the government is currently under fire with the way they are handling Romero's case and the potential spread of the disease in the country. Romero was diagnosed quite late as she already reported the symptoms early into the illness.
The medical staff in the hospital where the nurse is being treated, also her colleagues, showed their dissatisfaction by throwing medical gloves on Mariano Rajoy, the country's prime minister, when he went for an important visit and meeting. The government initially lay the blame on Romero herself due to her admission.
Elsewhere, people gather in Central Madrid calling for the resignation of government officials over their poor response to Ebola, including trying to put down the patient's dog Excalibur out of fear of disease spread.
