2015 Event The last Ebola patient in Liberia, a 58-year-old English teacher, has been released; the nation will be declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization if no new cases of the virus emerge in the next 42 days 2014 Event French President Francois Hollande proposes that terminally ill patients should have the right to be sedated until death; the proposal does not suggest assisted termination of the patient's life 2014 Event Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient hospitalized for Ebola in the U.S., slips from serious to critical condition in a Dallas hospital; 10 people who had been in close contact with the patient have been placed in isolation 2013 Event To avoid Obamacare penalties, today is the last day consumers in the U.S. can sign up for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2013 Event Born without a trachea, a 2-year-old Korean-Canadian child is the youngest patient in history to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells; she received the transplanted organ at the Children's Hospital of Illinois 2011 Event President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1997 Event 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards 1997 Event 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush 1996 Birthday Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1995 Event AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant 1986 Event AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School 1985 Death Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains New Jersey at 31 1985 Death Thomas Creighton, U.S. heart patient (3 implants in 46 hours), dies at 33 1985 Event William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky 1962 Birthday Ralph Fiennes, born in Suffolk, England, actor, English Patient 1961 Birthday Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer, son of Hanif Patient and prolific batsman 1954 Birthday Karen Anne Quinlan, born in New Jersey, famous comatose patient, right to die case 1954 Birthday Anthony Minghella, director, English Patient 1948 Birthday Peter Hammill, English singer and songwriter, Patient 1886 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient" 1852 Event Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient
