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Monday 27 October 2014

US nurse sues after being forced into quarantine in New Jersey

A US nurse who works for Doctors Without Borders, has hired a civil rights lawyer to sue after she was forced into quarantine on returning to the US from caring for Ebola victims in Sierra Leone. The US Govt recently started a mandatory 21-day quarantine order for all health workers who arrived back in the US via airports in New York, New Jersey and Chicago, to help stop the spread of Ebola.

Kaci Hickox, (pictured above) who was the first person to be placed into the 21 day period of isolation, said she was treated like a 'criminal' after risking her life to volunteer in an Ebola-stricken country. Her lawyer said Kaci's human rights were abused when she was sent to hospital in a protective suit after arriving at New Jersey's Newark Airport.


The mandatory quarantine began after a doctor, Craig Spencer who had returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the virus after spending five days mixing with the public without realizing he had the disease.

70 comments:

Unknown said...

she dey vex oo...

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lynne said...

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Unknown said...

Safety first.. All this oyinbo and their sue wahala

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Bonita Bislam said...

Right is such a sweet thing

PEGGYSOUP said...

na wa for America o. eguonoajibola@yahoo.co.uk

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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Martin said...

White people and there wahala. Wasn't it for her own good

Eugenia said...

This quarantine process is becoming something else i can't seem to behold.

Unknown said...

hmmmmm, but its just a measure ma'am...This Ebola nawaoh

Unknown said...

sorry about that nurse..they did the right thing to avoid spread of ebola...

Unknown said...

Ghen ghen well is not there fault nurse have to understand that prevention is better than cure

CHUKS said...

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Teekay said...

Sue ko, sue ni. She for stay for where she dey before!

Unknown said...

Ghen ghen well is not there fault nurse have to understand that prevention is better than cure

Kim said...

u C na instead of her to be happy she is helping save others by going in to quarantine she is busy sueing Oyibo sha


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Unknown said...

Huh na una sabi jor

Anonymous said...

she dey craze
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Unknown said...

Too bad. ***QUEENMAYA****

Unknown said...

Too bad. ***QUEENMAYA****

ary said...

There has being public outcry at how she was treated but there was a clear and present danger that had to be dealt with at all cost.

Peejay said...

So sad to be the unwilling guinea pig. I can't blame the US government for the mandatory quarantine decision as it will go a long way to prevent further spread if the medical personnel have been infected without their knowledge prior to their return. The main thing here is they should treat people with respect during the period.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

lol.i trust American people they no dey human right dey joke but madam forcing u to 21 days isolation is for ur own safety.Goldensarah9@yahoo.com

Uche Emma said...


The quarantine is for the good of her country. Sometimes we take this human right thing just too far

Unknown said...

Bikoo nwanyi pack. Well! Whywont de quarantine u? Aga eghere gi akwa b4 de quarantine u?

Alloy Chikezie said...

She is considered a treat to national security, so there's absolutely nothing suit she filling will achieve.


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Unknown said...

Don't be angry it's for your own good

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Awww! I feel her pain, but she should be made to understand its for the greater good.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

treasure said...

All I cn say iS God help dem.......Linda u better post my comment

Unknown said...

Whi is she suing? She should understand that it was necessary considering where she has been

Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

Hmmmmmm

sisiclara said...

Hian... orishirishii *clappinghands*

Anonymous said...

Get the story straight, it wasn't US govt but select state governors.

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Anonymous said...

Linda, try and your stories right, please. It were the states of new jersey and new york that started the compulsory quarantine, not the US government. States of Florida and Illinois later joined nj and ny. The US government has been trying to get the states to change the order and make it more humane, but they refused to budge. Eventually, the governor of new york relaxed the order in his state by agreeing that those doctors and nurses could do the quarantine in their homes. As of now, the three other states still still have the rigid order in place.

Angie Cape said...

Fundamental right: Quarantine no be by force..lol
No be small thing!

*My R1.50c comment*

Easy-E said...

It doesnt make any sense. Y wuld dey force em? Atleast dey culd hav used anoder method.

Anonymous said...

But health workers coming from Ebola countries SHOULD be quarantined for safety reasons...she's over-reacting. Americans always want to sue everyone for everything.

Kimmy*****

Subomi said...

its common sense, nothing wrong with what they are doing.. why is she mad

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Mrs E said...

Make she take several seat jare! Public safety comes b4 anyone

Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

It is better the health workers co-operate with Government so that ebola can be curtailed..

Anonymous said...

Why sue? its just to protect others and save lifes.Oyibo get wahala o.favouredmoi6@gmail.com.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Linda, the 21-day mandatory quarantine was imposed by New York and New Jersey governments and not the U.S. government. Your blog is not just to entertain, I believe you want to inform people and rightfully so. Please do more work on the accuracy of your stories before publishing, as little errors like this matter. Thanks.

Unknown said...

Stupid woman, Alakoba oshi. No human right for ebola u hear!

Anonymous said...

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yawanow said...

its a Law and should be obeyed. No one is above the law.

Anonymous said...

Oga oooo,make she dey vex na. Darasimi78@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

She needs to understand that this latest development is for the best.

Anonymous said...

Oh shut up lady!! Why do you want to waste taxpayers money??! Americans love suing over anything. It's only fair considering what happened with the NY docs "self-monitoring".

jerrytosin2@gmail.com said...

She has to be quarantined nah since she's coming back from an ebola dominated country. Why she con day vex again.

Anonymous said...

I saw this on the news today. They've tested her twice, it came back negative but they're still keeping her in there for no reason. The whitehouse has even expressed concerns about her treatment and how governor kristy is handling all this in NJ. It all sounds like a ploy to discourage American doctors from flying to Africa to help out with the fight against Ebola because of how they'll be treated and held against their will even though they're healthy and multiple tests have proven that fact when they get back. I understand erring on the side of caution but can ebola still develop after 2 tests that came back negative after an initial raised temperature?

Anonymous said...

And we all know governor kristy's indirect way of bullying to force people to do his wish, remember "bridgegate"? Just because someone didn't support his campaign, they closed down an entire bridge which affected thousands of people from many cities who use that bridge....just to prove a point. I think he wants to discourage Americans from going to Africa and this is his way of scaring them. Unless they're trying to prove that there is 'elastic Ebola' like the malaria version where you run temperature in the morning and it goes away by evening and same thing happens again the next day, that woman should have been released by now.

Anonymous said...

Nigerians and their shallow brains. the nurse volunteered to go to Africa am sure she is not selfish to have done that, and I don't tink she would be foolish to sue bcos she was placed on quarantine for safety reason, am sure she is sueing bcos of the condition in which it was done. she is not a like Nigerians that do not know their rights

Anonymous said...

Anon 5:49, thank you o! They said she had a raised temperature when she flew in and she was immediately quarantined and test was carried out. The test came back negative and she was feeling fine. They weren't happy and carried out another test while she waited for the result in quarantine in an ingested tent adjacent to the hospital building with only paper and scrubs to wear. The 2nd result came back negative but they still refused to allow her to go.

Anonymous said...

She said she was held and questioned by various health workers immediately she landed at the airport. Her temperature recorded 98degrees with a forehead scanner and it rose to 101degrees because she was flushed with anger over being held pointlessly for hours without explanation. One of the officers then told her "you have a fever now" after purposely pissing her off. She asked for a mouth thermometer because the forehead scanner only picked up higher temperature because she was flushed and upset. They ignored and quarantined her in a tent in cold conditions with only scrubs and paper to wear even after 2 tests came back negative. This is just a way to scare other doctors from flying to Africa to help. NJ is trying to send a message to other doctors in the state. Even CDC and NY health commissioner have said this is only going to discourage volunteers from going to west Africa to help fight this epidemic and the outbreak won't end without volunteers.

Anonymous said...

Selfish Americans. She would prefer to come out age is positive after missing her family and touching apples at the grocery store. And they say they want to know how Nigeria churned Ebola.

Unknown said...

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