Medical workers and patients at Lira regional referral hospital are in a state of fear after one person was on Tuesday night admitted at the health facility with ebola-like symptoms.
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here is an update from a Blog by Yvette Vreeker I got from here. The latest news report says Tues nite a patient came in.
this statement references a previous scare
..We were not only impressed by the performance of this woman. We also noticed that they are extremely well prepared for a possible inclusion of patients infected with Ebola. There is already a group of volunteers ready and the psychiatric department is already prepared to act as an isolation ward. They were just 'on high alert' last Saturday when a man was recorded with bleeding, but was too drunk to have a stomach bleeding and liver failure as a result. The Ebola test was also negative. They are so well prepared and that is reassuring. And Petua plays an important role in this, she knows exactly what to do. There appears Ebola does not spread from the dist target Kibaale in western Uganda, which is good news...
http://www.jehoel.eu/nl/node/57
I am still searching for confirmation on the latest suspect.
Update #3 Another new report of a suspect in Lira. This time he has a name. Waiting for test results
Ebola Suspected Case in Lira District
on August 9, 2012By Emmanuel Omona
Workers in Lira Regional Referrals Hospital are in panic following the admission of a suspected Ebola patient was admitted .
Henry Lewgalethe, suspected patient, is a resident of Rainbow trading centre, Aduku road just meters from Lira town was rushed to the facility on Wednesday night at around 11pm in a critical condition after he fell sick with Ebola like symptoms.
Grace Atim, Lira district Health Educator/Ebola taskforce spokesperson advised the residents in the hospital to remain calm.
Atim also urged the patients to remain calm saying that blood sample drawn from the patient has been sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe for further investigations.
Mental Unit ward at Lira Referral Hospital has been set aside as an isolation centre for the Ebola patients.
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