Emory University Hospital admits possible Ebola patient

Emory University Hospital in Atlanta has received a U.S. healthcare worker who was in West Africa and may have been exposed to Ebola, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

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The patient will stay at Emory University Hospital for testing and observation.

Emory University Hospital is one of the 35 hospitals in the U.S. designated to treat Ebola patients by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials. The hospital and its staff have already treated four patients who had contracted the virus.

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