Earlier, there had been rumours of an Ebola infection in Ozoro, Ughelli, Agbor, but the state commissioner for health, Dr Joseph Otumara had dismissed the speculations as untrue, maintaining that no Ebola case had been recorded in Delta.
But with the fear of the EVD hovering over the town, people and even some patients checked themselves out of the FMC and private clinics also became deserted as people fled for fear of contacting the disease.
However, the chief medical director of FMC, Dr Leo Erhunmwense, who spoke to our correspondent on phone, said the woman who was brought into the hospital barely a week ago, was stooling and vomiting but added that it was yet to be determined if she was infected with the Ebola Virus Disease.
According to him, “The patient who was stooling and vomiting was actually brought to the hospital with symptoms of Ebola but we need to confirm if she is suffering from the disease. We need to carry out series of tests and if she has the disease or not, people should not get panicky, the situation is under control.”
