fights for his life, his mother is speaking out. >> i want to see my son to be healthy. >> reporter: now questions about whether western hospitals are ready to handle infected patients. >> the enemy here is a virus. the enemy is ebola. >> reporter: new concerns after a nurse in a spanish hospital became infected after treating a missionary with ebola. she's the first one to contract the disease outside west africa. now hospitals are on high alert. our dr. besser in one new jersey er where staffers are running preparedness drills. >> ebola patient in five minutes. >> they just got a fake call-in. they are going through a drill as if this patient coming in had ebola. >> they are putting on full body protective suits. reducing the chances if the patient had ebola that either of them would get sick. there's no way this passion