hepatitis B
411A I fully agree that trying to save money and bringing your own food/cooking in the room is wrong and demeaning to say the least...
just wanted to let you know that I think your F/O would've come down with Hepatitis A and not B , the B variant is deadlier and is usually contracted through blood transfusions/sexually transmitted whereas the A variant which is quite common , especially in the so called "third world countries" is contracted through consumption of contaminated food/water .It takes close to six months to fully recover from the effects of jaundice that the hepatitis brings on....
take care & masalama.