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Hospital releases new details about Dallas Ebola victim's treatment

By The Dallas Morning News  
   October 10, 2014

A statement from the hospital Thursday did not address why he was not admitted on his first visit, but it explained some of his course of treatment. Presbyterian defended its initial treatment of Duncan, saying he'd been given "a four-hour evaluation and numerous tests." The hospital did not address earlier statements that Duncan had told an emergency room nurse he had recently been to Africa. Nor did it explain why that information from the patient did not trigger the response recommended by federal guidelines.

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