--- title: Spanish Priest Dies from Ebola Despite Z-Mapp Treatment description: Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, the first European to contract the Ebola virus during the recent outbreak, died Tuesday in Madrid. canonical: https://time.com/3103916/spanish-priest-ebola-dies/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-12T17:25:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:37:25.380Z article:section: Health og:title: Spanish Priest Dies from Ebola Despite Z-Mapp Treatment og:description: Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, the first European to contract the Ebola virus during the recent outbreak, died Tuesday in Madrid. og:url: https://time.com/3103916/spanish-priest-ebola-dies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f723844e32423e7/69869f49f983e7d98704f35c/miguel-pajares-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: SPAIN-LIBERIA-HEALTH-WAFRICA-EBOLA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Spanish Priest Dies from Ebola Despite Z-Mapp Treatment twitter:description: Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, the first European to contract the Ebola virus during the recent outbreak, died Tuesday in Madrid. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f723844e32423e7/69869f49f983e7d98704f35c/miguel-pajares-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Spanish Priest Dies of Ebola Despite Z-Mapp Treatment by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 12, 2014 5:25 PM CUT  A handout picture taken and released on August 7, 2014 by the Spanish Defense Ministry shows aid workers and doctors transferring Roman Catholic priest Miguel Pajares, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, and Spanish nun Juliana Bonoha Bohe from Madrid's Torrejon air base to the Carlos III hospital upon his arrival in Spain. A handout picture taken and released on August 7, 2014 by the Spanish Defense Ministry shows aid workers and doctors transferring Roman Catholic priest Miguel Pajares, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, and Spanish nun Juliana Bonoha Bohe from Madrid's Torrejon air base to the Carlos III hospital upon his arrival in Spain.Inaki Gomez—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 12, 2014 5:25 PM CUT Spanish priest Miguel Pajares, the first European to contract the Ebola virus during the recent outbreak, died Tuesday at a hospital in Madrid. Pajares was treated with ZMapp, an experimental drug that had not yet been tested on humans. Although Pajares’ condition stabilized after taking the drug, the disease hit his kidneys and heart, and he passed away around 3 a.m. Tuesday, according to Spanish newspaper _El Mundo_. Pajares had been working in a hospital in Liberia when he contracted the disease. 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