--- title: Doctors Without Borders Responds to New York Ebola Case description: The New York doctor diagnosed with Ebola was a member of the international humanitarian aid organization canonical: https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-24T15:34:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:26.243Z article:section: Health og:title: Doctors Without Borders Responds to New York Ebola Case og:description: The New York doctor diagnosed with Ebola was a member of the international humanitarian aid organization og:url: https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6dac15c42e066c/6987629bcd68485ff80974ba/457736044.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3300 og:image:height: 1856 og:image:alt: Doctor Quarantined At NYC's Bellevue Hospital After Showing Symptoms Of Ebola og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Doctors Without Borders Responds to New York Ebola Case twitter:description: The New York doctor diagnosed with Ebola was a member of the international humanitarian aid organization twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6dac15c42e066c/6987629bcd68485ff80974ba/457736044.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Doctors Without Borders Responds to New York Ebola Case > Sponsored content. 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Jay Varkey, MD, Assistant Professor of Emory University School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases on treating Ebola patients and the fear that goes with it._  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Oct 24, 2014 3:34 PM UTC  A New York City Police officer stands at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital October 23, 2014 in New York City. A New York City Police officer stands at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital October 23, 2014 in New York City. Bryan Thomas—Getty Images  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Oct 24, 2014 3:34 PM UTC Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) confirmed Friday that one its staff members tested positive for Ebola in New York City this week. While the patient’s identity, Dr. Craig Spencer, has been made public, MSF declined to provide further details about his him, citing privacy reasons. Spencer had recently returned from Guinea, where he was part of the humanitarian aid group’s efforts to treat the Ebola epidemic there. MSF had strict procedures requiring members returning from Ebola-stricken areas to monitor themselves by taking their temperature twice a day for potential signs of a fever, an early sign of the virus. When Spencer found his temperature was high on Thursday morning, he immediately called MSF, which then contacted the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. **MORE:** [Ebola in New York: How Worried Should the City Be?](http://time.com/3535686/ebola-new-york-city-worry/) “Extremely strict procedures are in place for staff dispatched to Ebola affected countries before, during, and after their assignments,” Sophie Delaunay, executive director of MSF said in a statement. “Despite the strict protocols, risk cannot be completely eliminated. However, close post-assignment monitoring allows for early detection of cases and for swift isolation and medical management.” According to the group, three MSF members and 21 locally employed staff have been infected with Ebola; thirteen have died. MSF has 3,000 employees working in West Africa to treat Ebola patients; more than 700 international staff from around the world have spent varying amounts of time in the region battling the epidemic. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/"},"headline":"Doctors Without Borders Responds to New York Ebola Case","datePublished":"2014-10-24T15:34:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:26.243Z","description":"\"Extremely strict procedures are in place\"","url":"https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/","keywords":["ebola","doctors without borders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6dac15c42e066c/6987629bcd68485ff80974ba/457736044.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alice Park","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/alice-park/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c6dac15c42e066c/6987629bcd68485ff80974ba/457736044.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Doctor Quarantined At NYC's Bellevue Hospital After Showing Symptoms Of Ebola","caption":"Doctor Quarantined At NYC's Bellevue Hospital After Showing Symptoms Of Ebola","creditText":"Bryan Thomas—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/","name":"Doctors Without Borders Responds to New York Ebola Case"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why Do People Fear Ebola?","description":"Jay Varkey, MD, Assistant Professor of Emory University School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases on treating Ebola patients and the fear that goes with it.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/o73TUhFa/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-10T17:14:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/o73TUhFa.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3536835/new-york-ebola-doctors-without-borders/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```