October 6, 2014 12:05 IST
Panic gripped Manipur when a Japanese woman who had
made a stop-over at Imphal was suspected of having infected with Ebola
virus. The tourist, identified as Kawakubo Yuko (27), had already
visited five countries. She was coming to Nagaland and had checked in at
a hotel in Imphal as she was planning to visit some places in the
state. She came to Manipur from Myanmar by road.
Doctors
said that she had started showing symptoms of a patient suffering
from Ebola. She was shifted to a private hospital in Imphal. Local tests
for some common ailments proved negative.
Accordingly the doctors here collected her blood samples for testing at the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
Later
she was admitted in J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal since
there are better medical facilities. Hospital sources said that she is
kept in an isolation room. If she is found to be Ebola positive many
other persons of the hotel, the doctors and paramedics in the government
and the private hospitals are susceptible to this deadly disease.
Hospital sources said that since there is no proper isolation ward in
JNIMS the patient may be shifted to Regional Institute of Medical
Sciences, Imphal if she is found to be Ebola positive. Sources also said
that all tourists coming by road or flight to Manipur may be screened
for this disease. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/policy-and-issues/suspected-ebola-case-causes-panic-in-manipur/article6475140.ece