Ebola-Infected NYC Doctor Strums Guitar to Pass Time in Isolation
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Craig Spencer/LinkedIn(NEW YORK) — A New York doctor being treated for Ebola has found another way to pass the time in a hospital isolation ward: He’s playing his guitar, city health officials say.
Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, has been in isolation at Bellevue Hospital since being diagnosed with Ebola last month. He’s now listed in stable condition.
Spencer is spending his time in the hospital strumming on his guitar and riding a stationary bike as he recovers, the officials told ABC News.
Spencer asked his medical care team whether someone could pick up the instrument from his apartment, where his fiancee, Morgan Dixon, remains under mandatory quarantine until Nov. 14. Spencer’s medical team agreed, and the guitar was delivered to Spencer’s hospital room, the officials said.
The New York-based emergency room doctor had been treating Ebola patients at a Doctors Without Borders medical center in Guinea before he was infected.
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