© Reuters/Adrees LatifHealthcare workers display protective gear, which hospital staff would wear to protect them from Ebola infection, inside an isolation room as part of a media tour in the emergency department of Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.
The patient recently returned from Liberia and started suffering symptoms such as high fever Saturday night, sources said.
Hazmat, police officers, EMS and fire officials helped transport the man from the building at 201 W. 70th St. near Amsterdam Avenue just before noon, FDNY said.
The patient was given a blood test at Bellevue and it showed negative for Ebola.
He was given an alternative diagnosis and is currently in critical condition.
Additional reporting by Aaron Feis.
Comment: Interesting this was allowed to get out, considering the almost non-existent reportage on ebola in the last few months. It's probably because the determination was that he did not have the disease. Everybody relax now! However, the possibility of misdiagnosis is high. Ebola can mutate like any other virus, rendering current tests ineffective.