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Airplanes and health. False Ebola alarm: a man dies without medical assistance in Madrid airport

Madrid, Spain - Airport health authorities were waiting for a team specialized in infectious diseases emergencies

A man remained unconscious on the floor for 50 minutes, waiting for help, before dying at Madrid airport. Medical and paramedic staff did not intervene, thinking he was infected by Ebola. Only when it was too late, it was discovered that the stroke was due to cocaine capsules breaking inside the traveller’s stomach. It happened last Saturday, but Spanish media gave the news only today, October 24. The v...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1163586
Rome, Italy, 10/24/2014 12:17
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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