--- title: Ebola: NYC Ebola Patient Craig Spencer Is Discharged description: Craig Spencer, a physician who contracted Ebola while working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, is being released Tuesday from Bellevue Hospital Center in New... canonical: https://time.com/3578207/craig-spencer-ebola-nyc-discharged/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-11T15:24:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:21:35.654Z article:section: Health og:title: Watch Live: NYC Ebola Patient Craig Spencer Is Discharged og:description: Craig Spencer, a physician who contracted Ebola while working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, is being released Tuesday from Bellevue Hospital Center in New... og:url: https://time.com/3578207/craig-spencer-ebola-nyc-discharged/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eadeabe8fd6e8a/6987682b428a9e248acc5515/craig-spencer-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Craig Spencer Ebola New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: NYC Ebola Patient Craig Spencer Is Discharged twitter:description: Craig Spencer, a physician who contracted Ebola while working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, is being released Tuesday from Bellevue Hospital Center in New... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eadeabe8fd6e8a/6987682b428a9e248acc5515/craig-spencer-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # NYC Ebola Patient Craig Spencer Is Discharged From Hospital by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 11, 2014 3:24 PM UTC  AP by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 11, 2014 3:24 PM UTC Craig Spencer, a physician who contracted Ebola while working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, is being released Tuesday from Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City, where he was being treated for the disease. Spencer tested positive for Ebola after arriving in October. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3578207/craig-spencer-ebola-nyc-discharged/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3578207/craig-spencer-ebola-nyc-discharged/"},"headline":"NYC Ebola Patient Craig Spencer Is Discharged From Hospital","datePublished":"2014-11-11T15:24:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:21:35.654Z","description":"Craig Spencer, a physician who contracted Ebola while working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, is being released Tuesday from Bellevue Hospital Center in New...","url":"https://time.com/3578207/craig-spencer-ebola-nyc-discharged/","keywords":["ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eadeabe8fd6e8a/6987682b428a9e248acc5515/craig-spencer-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33eadeabe8fd6e8a/6987682b428a9e248acc5515/craig-spencer-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Craig Spencer Ebola New York","caption":"Craig Spencer Ebola New York","creditText":"AP","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":"https://time.com/3578207/craig-spencer-ebola-nyc-discharged/","name":"NYC Ebola Patient Craig Spencer Is Discharged From Hospital"}}]}] ```