Kagadi Hospital cleared as Iganga Hospital gets a new suspect

     Kagadi Hospital cleared as Iganga residents panic
Friday, August 10 2012 at 01:00

KIBAALE Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale District, which has been handling cases of Ebola patients, can now resume normal routine after officials yesterday gave it a go-ahead.

“The ministry wishes to inform the general public that Kagadi Government Hospital has resumed its routine service; receiving and are attending to general patients,” Dr Denis Lwamafa, a senior ministry official, said in a statement.

“There are still three confirmed Ebola cases admitted at the hospital isolation unit. One patient is reportedly progressing well while the two are still in acute condition. The hospital recorded one suspected case yesterday bringing the current number of admissions in the isolation facility to 32.”

But as Kagadi was sighing with relief, in Iganga, the situation was tense at the main hospital when a three-year-old girl was admitted with Ebola-like symptoms.
“The patient was oozing blood from the nose, mouth and other body parts, with high fever and high body temperatures which made us suspect that could be Ebola,” said Dr Siraji Kizito, the medical superintendent.

He said that the health ministry directed the hospital to isolate the victim as they send a team of experts to take samples and establish whether it was Ebola.
A total of 408 people who got contact have been monitored for possible signs . Of these, 190 have passed the 21 days necessary for monitoring and were cleared while 211 cases are still being followed up. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kagadi+Hospital+cleared+as+Iganga+residents+panic/-/688334/1475548/-/gglqks/-/index.html