Queen holds lunch for Pauline Cafferkey nurse
Dr Michael Jacobs, lead consultant in infectious diseases at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, was among eight guests invited to dine at the monarch’s London residence.
Ms Cafferkey, from South Lanarkshire, was treated by Dr Jacobs and his team in December after contracting the virus while working at a Save the Children treatment centre in Sierra Leone.
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Hide AdShe fell ill again last month with meningitis caused by the deadly virus and was readmitted to the Royal Free Hospital in north-west London where she was treated with experimental drugs. She was released earlier this month after making a full recovery from Ebola.
At the time Dr Jacobs described the re-emergence of the Ebola virus to cause meningitis as “unprecedented”.
The consultant dined with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in the Palace’s 1844 Room.
Other guests at the luncheon party included the man in charge of securing the UK’s borders.
Philip Duffy is the chief operating officer of the United Kingdom Border Force and responsible for securing the UK border and controlling migration at 140 ports and airports, postal depots and rail terminals including Eurostar and Eurotunnel operations.