Texas nurse Nina Pham survived her encounter with the Ebola virus, but the 26-year-old told The Dallas Morning News in an exclusive interview that she still suffers nightmares, body aches, and insomnia following her fight against the disease.
Pham contracted Ebola while caring for patient Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. Now, she is suing the hospital's parent company, Texas Health Resources, for what she says was inadequate training and protection for hospital workers. Pham is asking for unspecified damages for turning her into "a symbol of corporate neglect," she said.
"I wanted to believe that they would have my back and take care of me, but they just haven't risen to the occasion," Pham said.
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