Ebola outbreak: Health team 'found dead' in Guinea

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Officials in Guinea searching for a team of health workers and journalists who went missing while trying to raise awareness of Ebola have found several bodies.

A spokesman for Guinea's government said the bodies included those of three journalists in the team.
They went missing after being attacked on Tuesday in a village near the southern city of Nzerekore.
More than 2,600 people have now died from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
It is the world's worst outbreak of the deadly disease, with officials warning that more than 20,000 people could ultimately be infected.

Last month, riots erupted in the area of Guinea where the health team went missing - near where the outbreak was first recorded - after rumours that medics who were disinfecting a market were contaminating people.
The three doctors and three journalists went missing on Tuesday after residents in the village of Wome pelted them with stones as they visited the village.
One of the journalists managed to escape and told reporters that she could hear the villagers looking for them while she was hiding.
The governor of Nzerekore told the BBC that the group were being held captive but on Thursday night a government spokesman said several bodies had been found.
He said the eight bodies found included those of three journalists, but it is unclear who the other victims are.
A government delegation, including the health minister and the communications minister, had been dispatched to the region but the BBC's Makeme Bamba, in the Guinean capital Conakry, said they were unable to reach the village by road because a main bridge had been blocked.
There have been many reports of people in the region saying they do not believe Ebola exists, or refusing to co-operate with health authorities, fearing that a diagnosis means certain death...... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29256443

N'Zérékoré: A government delegation arrived in Wome

September 18, 2014, 6:11 p.m. Posted By Guilana Fidel Momou Spot News, The One, 1190 News 0
N'Zérékoré: A government delegation arrived in Wome

We announced the inaccessibility of the Sub-Prefecture Wome where people had set up roadblocks with tree trunks to prevent access to sites civilian and military authorities after the violence that glazed session awareness of the disease Ebola.

 
The government delegation led by the Minister of Health, Col. Remy Lamah (left in photo) has finally arrived this afternoon in Wome, has-been learned.



A colleague that we could join 17h confirmed this information. However, he denies the presence in the hospital N'Zérékoré body from Wome, as did believe the rumors. "The hospital is very close and I wonder how the bodies could leave for Wome N'Zérékoré while access to this place was impossible.


The facts will be known only after the return of the government delegation whose members are yet unreachable.  http://guineenews.org/nzerekore-une-delegation-gouvernementale-estarrivee-a-wome/?utm_source=Guinee1&utm_medium=twitter



A N'Zérékoré, rural radio and radio Zaly Fm, whose reporters are still no new states, no longer broadcast from Thursday morning because of the shock that frape both stations.

#EBOLA Wome - The lifeless body found in a well

Wome - The lifeless body found in a wellNew elements have been recently registered in the case of violence that occurred in the town of Wome, in the prefecture of Nzerekore! Some bodies have just been found in the community, located about fifty kilometers from the capital of the prefecture of Nzerekore.

The government delegation composed of the Minister of Health, the physician Colonel Remy Lamah and his counterpart in the communication Alhousseine Makanera, accompanied by a military contingent, was finally able to access Wome. Reportedly, a body was found at the entrance of the village.

When we put this dispatch line (4:15 p.m. GMT), the bodies of some victims of the violence of last Tuesday, were being removed from a well located inside the village.

Already, a source present at the scene told our editorial arrested six people. These local residents Womé are suspected of involvement in the violence that claimed the lives of several people.http://www.actu224.com/wome-corps-vie-retrouves-puits/

8 bodies exhumed from a mass grave some slain womey (N'zérékoré)

Source: http://aminata.com/8-corps-exhumes-d...mey-nzerekore/

Google translation:

8 bodies exhumed from a mass grave some slain womey (N'zérékoré)

The information has just fallen on the desk 's Aminata com, bodies of victims of violence in the sub-prefecture of womey were found. To believe a reliable source, 8 whose body was no news have been exhumed from a mass grave in the capital of N'Zérékoré.

Some information announced that the bodies had been removed from a well. But all indications are that eight people were murdered in cold blood by the people of this sub-prefecture. The bodies were exhumed before the two emissaries government ministers, Colonel Remy Lamah and Alhousseiny Makanera Kake.

To believe a generally well-informed source, the victims were murdered in "very horrific" conditions. Some bodies were found completely butchered, we learn. Another source maintains that an investigation led by the Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance N'zérékoré was opened. The investigation should determine the circumstances of the killings.

On Tuesday, members of the administrative delegation came to womey to educate citizens about the Ebola virus have been taken to task. Part of the delegation including the governor of the city of N'zérékoré had reached out clashes. By against journalists and doctors who were in the delegation had been held hostage. At last count, six people suspected of involvement in the killings were arrested. We will return.

HATTIP TO SHILOH  http://aminata.com/8-corps-exhumes-d...mey-nzerekore/

#Ebola aid workers -8 dead

Thurs, September 18, 2014, 7:20 p.m. Posted By Abdoulaye Bah Spot News, The One, News, Health, Society 0 1518
Violence womey eight bodies exhumed, six arrests and a statement by PM expected

Now it's official, eight bodies were found after the incidents in Wome, a town in the forest region 50 kilometers from the County seat, N'zérékoré-center, it was learned Thursday according to the spokesman of the government, Damantang Albert Camara.




According to our source, the eight bodies found include: the sub-prefect of Wome, the prefectural health director of the regional hospital N'zérékoré, deputy director of the regional hospital center head health Womé, an evangelist pastor of the health center Zao, two trainee technicians rural radio journalist and a private radio Zali Fm.


In other news, the eight bodies found in a septic tank in primary school Womé were exhumed in the presence of the public prosecutor at the court N'zérékoré and medical examiner. Similarly, the five year old son of the Deputy Commissioner of Womé managed to escape. We do not know its destination.


Latest news, six suspects have been arrested and Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana is set to make a statement in the news 20 hours 30 The three press associations of Guinea will make a joint statement.


While the city is N'zérékoré in psychosis, the town of Wome, it is almost empty.

A recall that before last Tuesday a delegation led by the governor of Nzerekore was visited womey is to educate local people about Ebola. Awareness has gone wrong and the whole delegation was taken to task by the inhabitants of Wome. The governor of Nzerekore was able to escape by running away, but all three of his fellow journalists were not so lucky. http://guineenews.org/violences-a-womey-huit-corps-exhumes-six-interpellations-et-une-declaration-du-pm-attendue/

Soul Clinic Ebola Infected Residents Want Ebola Training

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 21:09 admin

Call on Alfalit-Liberia for Hand-washing Structures, Sanitation Materials

By: 

Edwin M. Fayia III

Soul Clinic Community residents in Paynesville have urgently appealed to charity entities and global health partners to initiate some sensitive hygiene trainings in their community.

The residents’ appeal comes in the wake of suspected, probable and confirmed cases of more than 23 Ebola virus deaths for the past three weeks in the densely populated Paynesville Community.
The citizens and residents through the community leadership headed by Mr. Jonathan Enders sounded the appeal in an official encounter with the executives of Alfalit-Liberia and the Liberia/Ghana Missions (LGM) last week.
During the one and half hours of interactive discussions with the leadership of Alfalit-Liberia and LGM, Mr. Enders pointed out that some initiatives have been put in place to sensitize the citizens and residents about the deadly Ebola virus plaguing the nation and its people.
He also underscored the need for building of solid structures such as hand washing reservoirs in densely concentrated entry points to the Soul Clinic Community in Paynesville last week.
Chairman Enders also intimated that the majority of citizens and residents of the Soul Clinic Community are very low income earners and are unable to buy the critical sanitation materials being recommended by health workers in the country.
The Soul Clinic Community also stressed the need for the citizens and residents to at all times observe and practice all rules and regulations regarding dead bodies of infected Ebola virus victims in the area.
He further called on Liberians and global partners to consider a program that will critically address the tracing and tracking steps of suspected,

Two American experts in Ivory Coast this week for the prevention of Ebola

Monday, 15 September 2014 17:05

 

ABIDJAN - The Embassy of the United States is pleased to announce that two health experts Control Centers and Disease Prevention (CDC), based in the United States arrived this week in Cote d'Ivoire to help the government in efforts to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.

Although there is to date no confirmed cases of Ebola Ivory Coast, the country remains at high risk because it borders the affected countries. CDC experts will help assess and strengthen plans put in place to prevent the spread of disease, reduction plans and treatment of the disease should it break out in the country and also provide technical assistance research contacts with infected people. The experts will stay in Côte d'Ivoire from 11 to 25 September.

"Although the Government of Côte d'Ivoire has taken most of the measures necessary to prevent the spread of the disease, the United States is pleased to help the country strengthen these efforts by visiting two health experts, "said the Ambassador of the United States in Côte d'Ivoire, HE Mr. Terence McCulley. "There is no complete assurance that the Ivory Coast will not be affected by the disease, but we can work so that if a case was reported, patients can be quickly isolated and treated for the disease does not spread.

The American government is committed to stem the Ebola virus since the outbreak in March, when the first cases were reported in the region, and increased its equity and its staff in the region in response to the worsening situation . The United States has so far about 100 specialists distributed across the affected countries working on activities such as the distribution of physical health and emergency supplies, support for public health messages and the provision of technical expertise to help on issues such as airport screening and contact tracing with the infected person.

In addition, the CDC now has over 70 staff members deployed in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone to help in the implementation of the various measures of response, including monitoring and incident management related to Ebola, laboratory testing, monitoring, research contacts with infected people, managing databases and education in health. . All these actions are intended to support efforts to prevent, detect and control the spread of the Ebola virus in the affected countries.  https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://lintelligentdabidjan.ci/societe/799-2014-08-22-14-12-02/1971-deux-experts-americains-en-cote-d-ivoire-cette-semaine-pour-la-prevention-de-l-ebola&usg=ALkJrhi9sjjGXK8OJJ1SerbRp-CGf1YmaQ

Ebola - Staff MSF infected with Ebola

       Ebola - Staff MSF infected with Ebola - 17092014, 23 Kb

Paris / Brussels, 17 September 2014 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that a person of his team in Liberia has been infected with the Ebola virus.

The French MSF volunteer, part of the team deployed to Monrovia, was placed in solitary confinement Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the onset of symptoms. Laboratory tests performed on the same day confirmed an Ebola infection.

According to the strict protocols established by medical evacuation MSF volunteer to be transferred to a specialized treatment center in France.

"MSF protocols apply very strict protection to staff before, during and after a mission in a country affected by the Ebola outbreak, says the Vingne Brice, director of operations for MSF. This reduces dramatically the risk of infection. However, that risk is part of this type of intervention, and our teams are not completely spared. "

Respecting the confidentiality of medical information, and to preserve the privacy of its voluntary and his entourage, MSF does not wish to provide any additional information about it for now.

Doctors Without Borders is in response to the Ebola outbreak underway in West Africa since March. More than 2,000 MSF are currently at work in the region, including about 200 international volunteers.http://www.msf.fr/presse/communiques/ebola-volontaire-francaise-msf-infectee-au-liberia

Bourse de Paris: A French MSF volunteer contaminated with Ebola in Liberia

Bourse de Paris: A French MSF volunteer contaminated with Ebola in Liberia
17.09.2014 | 8:16 p.m.


A French cooperating Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been contaminated by the Ebola virus in Liberia, the humanitarian organization said on Wednesday.

"The French MSF volunteer, part of the team deployed to Monrovia, was placed in solitary confinement Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the onset of symptoms. Laboratory tests performed on the same day confirmed an Ebola infection "MSF said in a statement.

It must be transferred to a treatment center in France, says the organization does not wish to provide more information about the identity of the person affected. http://www.zonebourse.com/actualite-bourse/Une-volontaire-francaise-de-MSF-contaminee-par-Ebola-au-Liberia--19062851/

A French MSF infected with Ebola virus

 9/17/2014 8:18 p.m.

 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms today that a French volunteer his team in Liberia has been infected with the Ebola virus.

Voluntary, part of the team deployed to Monrovia, was placed in solitary confinement at the onset of the first symptoms, the NGO says on its website. Laboratory tests have confirmed infection with the virus.

According to protocols established by medical evacuation MSF, the volunteer should be transferred to a center that specializes in treating France, according to the website.  https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lefigaro.fr%2Fflash-actu%2F2014%2F09%2F17%2F97001-20140917FILWWW00357-une-francaise-de-msf-infectee-par-le-virus-ebola.php&edit-text=

Mercy Ships changes course due to Ebola outbreak

Mercy Ships

POSTED: Monday, September 15, 2014 - 6:44pm
UPDATED: Monday, September 15, 2014 - 7:02pm

Arp, Texas (KETK) — Four hundred volunteers from 40 different nations are preparing for a new journey this fall. Mercy Ships, for the first time in their 36 year history is changing course due to the widespread Ebola outbreak. The virus is very active in the West Africa region.
"Mercy Ships has had a presence in West Africa for the past 23 years. We have lots of friends, lots of acquaintances in that particular region. They are obviously suffering the effects of Ebola," said Russel Holmes, Director of Corporate Relations at Mercy Ships.
Last month, the United Nations World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak an international health emergency.
Mercy Ships says they are not equipped to treat the virus.
"We're not set up to handle an Ebola outbreak and if we went in there with our hospital ship, folks don't understand that so we would be like a magnet," said Jim Paterson, Vice President of Marine Operations at Mercy Ships. "So I think it's safer for everybody, for the local ministry of health, our own crew and volunteers, that we remove ourselves from that situation. I think we would compound the problem rather than helping it."
Mercy Ships says that although west africa is off limits for now, they are eager to return to Madagascar, after 18 years, to provide 8 months of medical care.
"92% of the population live on less than $2 a day, so you can imagine the needs are immense. so Mercy Ships feels privileged to go back to Madagascar and provide much needed services," said Holmes.  http://www.ketknbc.com/news/mercy-ships-changes-course-due-to-ebola-outbreak

Nancy Perez reiterated that they are waiting for pathological studies of other deceased.
 He insisted that the lethality of this virus is "low" and said that "at this time there are no foreign virus in the country"

YP / National Web September 17, 2014 - 24:16
As he left a meeting with epidemiologists, health minister, Nancy Perez said that patients who have had a febrile syndrome with complications that have led to deaths "have an underlying disease" and attributed to a "terrorist campaign" theories on the causes of deaths, infectious disease specialists in the country have been attributed to an atypical presentation of chikungunya virus.

"We are waiting for the anatamopatológicos studies" reported, while confirming that there are 398 cases of chikungunya so far this year with three deaths that had the virus, but insisted that all these people "had underlying diseases" because the lethality of the virus "is very low."
"Right now there are not any strange virus, when that disease need to know the town, the report will appear. Polítca State not hide anything," said

Regarding the case of deceased gentleman of 60 years in clinical Razetti Luis, explained: "I was five days duration and had a skin infection, this is not a rare disease. What is it you do not know? the infectious agent that caused that person having septic shock and has died. But it is not a rare disease. Every day there are cases of patients who, for whatever reason, will unfortunately die. Can I be sure, that if here is a case of being detected internationally, be the first to say, "he said.


Perez asked the public to channel their concerns about hemorrhagic fever that has caused deaths in Aragua and the Capital District.
"The recommendation is to wait what government spokesmen say, the government has some spokesmen, is not that people do not make complaints, it is valid that express and say" he said.


He denied that the country had a shortage of acetaminophen for fever and symptoms of these diseases, but told the couple that the government is buying and distributing the medicine in hospitals and CDI.https://translate.googleusercontent....iTviyn1cRDVydw




Health Minister said that there was "bleeding or rare diseases"


National September 17, 2014 - 12:01 am
The Health Minister Nancy Perez ruled on the complaint of the Medical College of Aragua and said, "No hemorrhagic or rare diseases, and are responsible for diagnosing laboratories." Perez stressed that "chikunguya not kill the person, there are low deaths from this virus. What can happen is that you have an underlying disease, such as problems in the immune system, and the patient is complicated. "
Sectoral Health Secretary Aragua state, Luis Lopez, said in a radio program that the Central Hospital of Maracay is operating normally.


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....Results of the assembly.
On Monday night there was a meeting at the Medical College of Aragua, where it was said that the analysis of cultures made ​​the first killed in the Central Hospital of Maracay was negative in dengue and meningococcemia. "It is possible that the virus has mutated chikungunya fever" was the assumption on which the medical profession agreed. During the meeting it was reiterated that the medical reports of the 9 patients who died in the HCM indicate death from acute hemorrhagic fever syndrome, a common box with the patient died Sunday in Caracas Razzetti Clinic.
Physicians requested a ruling from the Ministry of Health on the causes of the 9 deaths in Maracay Central Hospital, after pictures of patients presented hemorrhagic fever. Yesterday, at a press conference at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Medical Federation reiterated the call. "Cases like this could be in any state because the information is not clear epidemiological and health centers do not have the supplies to care for patients. The government's responsibility is to clarify things, "said Douglas León Natera, president of the federation..https://translate.googleusercontent....GA94tKBmfg-DAg

16 Sep 2014

Syrian opposition halts vaccinations after death reports

BEIRUT, September 16, 2014 (AFP) - The Syrian opposition said Tuesday it halted a measles vaccination campaign in the northeastern Idlib province following reports children had died after being innoculated.
The announcement was posted on the websites of the Syrian opposition National Coalition and the rebel interim government.
The "interim government's health ministry has instructed a halt to the second round of the measles vaccination campaign, which began Monday... following several fatalities and injuries among children in vaccination centres in the Idlib countryside," the statement said.
It stressed that a first round of vaccinations against measles, which began a month ago, had been carried out "without any problems."
They said the vaccines being used in the latest campaign had come from the same source as those in the previous round, without specifying what that was.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based NGO, said "at least 12 children have died and dozens more are suffering from poisoning or allergic reactions after measles vaccinations."
The death toll was revised from an earlier figure of five, and the group said it could rise further because several children were in serious condition.
The group said medical sources had suggested that the vaccines could have been compromised, either because they were expired or poorly stored, but there was no confirmation.
Medical groups have rushed to head off the spread of measles, mumps, rubella and polio in Syria, where normal medical services have disintegrated because of the civil war, which erupted in 2011.
The United Nations said earlier this year that 1.6 million children were to be vaccinated in Syria against polio, measles, mumps and rubella.
rd-sah/al   http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syrian-opposition-halts-vaccinations-after-death-reports

 

Medical emergency requires reporting of Aragua

According to autopsy, there are several deaths from complications Syndrome

In the Central Hospital of Maracay awaiting results of samples sent to the National Institute of Hygiene COURTESY

Erika GUILLÉN | SPECIAL TO THE UNIVERSAL

Wednesday September 17, 2014 12:00 AM

Maracay -. Photos, medical reports and autopsy data gathered representatives of the College of Physicians in Aragua, where it says that in the last days have passed 10 people, nine of them in the state, by the so-called hemorrhagic fever syndrome.

So far not known whether the disease is caused by a virus or bacteria. Indeed, as indicated, that is what the tests reveal samples sent last week, the National Institute of Hygiene (INH) in Caracas, the only place in the country with the reagents for these samples.

"They is an emergency, we know not what we face and we must know the cause in order to provide appropriate treatment to prevent the collapse of the patient's organs. Three to five days are enough for testing and still have not said anything, "he said and warned union representatives to be done urgently epidemiological fence.

"This is a very aggressive disease and causes deterioration of the patient within 72 hours to cause death," said a doctor who attended the meeting called for Tuesday night at the headquarters of the College of Physicians in Aragua, and who declined to be identified under guard.

The health professionals at that meeting, the authorities insisted that the Executive must declare a health emergency in the aragüeña entity due to the serious situation. They handle the figure of 10 deaths from the syndrome, one of which was recorded in Caracas earlier this week.

It was learned that some samples of crops able to be sent to a private laboratory to verify that the disease is treated.

For professional ethics, doctors kept secret the names of the patients involved, cautioned, however mentioned details of the autopsy of one of the recently deceased, which reveals the aggressiveness of the disease.

A case

All medical reports indicate death from Acute Haemorrhagic Fever Syndrome in a patient a year, died 1 September, after seven hours hospitalized. Relatives said, according to the report, the baby began the disease on August 30 with fever to 39.5 ° degrees and rash on upper extremities. Two days later he developed fever to 40 ° degrees and rectal bleeding not yield multiple times. On admission to the Central Hospital of Maracay, was diagnosed with "severe dengue".

In the clinical history of the patient indicates that the infant showed a hypovolemic shock. After supplying the necessary drugs, the baby had complications. Increasing white blood cells and low platelets. He recorded a respiratory arrest that caused his death.

The situation was reported to health authorities in the state. He took samples (post mortem) of heart, liver, kidney, spleen, lung and intracardiac blood sent to the National Institute of Hygiene Rafael Rangel.

In the autopsy report states: "hepatomegaly, steatosis, congestive spleen, pale kidneys, hemorrhagic enterocolitis with rings granulomatous appearance, pleuritis erosive and petechiae in the upper limbs."

Representatives of the College of Physicians insist that the deceased had the same set of symptoms (fever 40 ° degrees unyielding, skin rashes and bleeding) that result in rapid deterioration.

Suspected Cases

It was learned that at the Hospital of Maracay two children, 12 and 5 years of age, who for days have the same symptoms of the disease and are treated as DHF.

Social Security In San Jose are hospitalized two men, one 39 years (from the coastal town of Choroní) and another 55 with disease characteristics.

The suspects in both cases health centers could not be confirmed with the policy of the College of Physicians of Aragua.

Furthermore, it emerged that doctors and nurses do not have Central Hospital biosecurity measures. Face shortages of inputs, especially gloves and face mask, to take care of the patients admitted.  https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eluniversal.com%2Fnacional-y-politica%2F140917%2Fmedicos-de-aragua-exigen-declarar-la-emergencia&edit-text=

5 year old dies in Vargas with similar symptoms to victims of Maracay

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

 

5 year old dies in Vargas with similar symptoms to victims of Maracay

Physicians Maracay Central Hospital reported that another patient five months old with acute hemorrhagic fever syndrome. "His condition is stable," although high fever and spots on the skin. Last Sunday he died in this hospital Fossi Franklin, 40 years of age, acute respiratory failure, fever, bleeding and stains on the skin. Before he had been admitted to hospital with symptoms of chikungunya and was discharged.

Social Security In San Jose, in Maracay, Yordi Bracho, 28, from Choroní, entered Friday with leg pain. "At first I thought it was phlebitis, had a red stain, but now all swollen and purple blood bubbles leg," said his wife Carolina Gautier. He developed fever from Friday until Sunday. "The doctors tell me that the redness moved very fast, and do not know what you have." Last week, Bracho presented symptoms of chikungunya, but had improved.

In Vargas, where chikungunya has also been extended, died Sunday a child of 5 years with similar cases of Aragua box. Thomas War of Maternal Messenger pediatrician and president of the Medical College of Vargas reported child entered after more than 12 hours with vomiting. His parents reported that he had a week with high fever and skin rash. During that time they resorted to home treatment, they thought it was chikungunya, which together with the dengue has affected the whole family. Living in Montesano, where most are affected by febrile virus. "We assume it was a dengue chikungunya.'re Waiting for studies to determine the causes of death," Guerra said.

Last week, Miguel Carrillo died, 39 years old, in hospital Pariata half hour after entering with high fever and joint pains as those produced by chikungunya.  https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.noticensura.com%2F2014%2F09%2Fmuere-nino-de-5-anos-en-vargas-con.html&edit-text=

They interpelarán Angel Sarmiento

The Bolivarian Legislative Council (Cleba) of Aragua state passed the interpellation of the President of the College of Physicians of Aragua, Angel Sarmiento, for dissemination of information relating to health through social networks and media.

The main authority of the regional legislature, Sumiré Ferrara said that as soon as possible the principal representative of the medical profession in the state be notified about his interpellation which must appear in the morning hours of Thursday in the spaces of the legislature Aragua.

The governor of Aragua state, Tarek El Aissami, introduced last Friday before the Public Prosecutor a complaint against Sarmiento to be investigated by creating a campaign of anxiety by lying about alleged killings in the Central Hospital of Maracay (HCM) because of a Fake virus.

The Aissami confirmed that there is no type of virus that threatens the lives of the patients and staff of that hospital.

Also reported are false assumptions images HCM patients that circulated in various media and social networks and do not correspond to any patient of the medical center.  https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsiglo.com.ve%2Farticle%2F87516%2FInterpelaran-a-Angel-Sarmiento-&edit-text=

"Institute of Hygiene must have case results HCM"

Tuesday September 16, 2014 | 10:47:02 President announced the FMV, Douglas Natera "Institute of Hygiene must have case results HCM"

On Monday held the general assembly of the union of health for consolidated itself with Dr. Angel Sarmiento, president of the College of Physicians of Aragua, who is being investigated at the request of the regional government, for statements about eight people died in the Maracay Central Hospital (HCM). During the meeting which brought together national doctors, nurses, medical students and health workers, the focus was to support the union executive. They also urged the parliament to ask the aragüeño epidemiological surveillance service a detailed report of the most recent cases of deaths from "unknown illness." On the right word Dr. Douglas Natera, president of the Venezuelan Medical Federation (FMC), said cases by fever syndrome have increased, as reported responsibly that total are ten people dead, detailing the last two cases during this Weekend in HCM and private health center in Caracas. He criticized the secrecy national government has taken in relation to this and other cases and noted that "when someone tells the truth to this Government in relation to a disease or some economic or security problem, then that person is a terrorist." "What they have is to declare health emergency instead of saying that we are terrorists. What we do is work with the few resources that exist for the welfare of Venezuelans." Meanwhile, the National Health guild solidarity with the College of Aragua state and its president Angel Sarmiento, who has warned considered responsible and timely manner "so the government would not do." "We are supportive of public health, and asked the government not to politicize this delicate situation. Moreover we will follow in the coming days giving more information on these cases," remarked the doctor. In relation to the diagnosis presented by the deceased, from the medical point of view, Natera said "would not dare talk about the chikungunya virus or Ebola as major complications for the deceased. I looks more like Venezuela hemorrhagic fever. But this is the study by the National Institute of Hygiene " He also said the government maintains unrest in the Venezuelan population, and therefore are six days in the health and irregularity "in the Institute of Hygiene least five days could have the results," he stressed. Finally, health professionals urged aragüeña population demand that they report the reality of the disease that has caused, according to the federation medication about ten deaths in the country.

Medical profession urges the Government to report on deaths from hemorrhagic fever syndrome

Published: 16/09/2014 24:09

The Monday night meeting in Ottawa, where health professionals insisted that the government must promptly report on the status of the 9 people killed by this strange disease was conducted. "In total there are 8 and 1 in Aragua state in Caracas, but the examinations on the first victims and should be ready," said Douglas León Natera, president of the Venezuelan Medical Federation, also noting that such analyzes yield results in just five days.
Doctors reported that the government only seeks to hide the information, however have been charged with assaulting the guild, knowing that this is not the solution.https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdiariocontraste.com%2Fes%2Freportan-3-nuevos-fallecimientos-en-hospital-central-de-maracay%2F&edit-text=

To tackle #Ebola: 10,000 local health workers needed - WHO

Tuesday, 16 September 2014 02:22 ND

The UN health agency, World Health Organization or WHO says, it would need at least 500-600 experts with 10,000 local health workers to combat the deadly Ebola virus which has claimed over 2000 lives in the Mano River sub-region.
WHO director general Margaret Chan addressing a news conference in Geneva Friday said the key to beating the disease is people power. He said pledges of equipment and money are coming in, but 500-600 foreign experts and at least 10,000 local health workers are needed on the ground.
"The number of new patients is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them. We need to surge at least three to four times to catch up with the outbreaks," Chan said.

The WHO boss said the number of new Ebola cases in the region is growing faster than authorities here can manage, while renewing a call for health workers from around the world to come to the region to help....  http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12674:to-tackle-ebola-10000-local-health-workers-needed-who&catid=25:politics&Itemid=59

500 #Ebola suspects in Bong County

Tuesday, 16 September 2014 02:27 Winston W. Parley

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Bong County health authorities say they are following “very closely” about 500 plus suspected Ebola cases that are shortlisted, along with a total of 44 confirmed cases across the county.
During President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s “information gathering trip” to Bong County on Sunday, September 14, County Health Officer Dr. Sampson Arzoaquoi, reported that Gbarnga City and a few other places are declared “high risk zones.”

President Sirleaf visited three major hospitals in Bong, including the C.B. Dunbar Maternity Hospital; the Phebe Hospital, which offers general services, and the Bong Mines Concession Hospital as well as several clinics.
Dr. Arzoaquoi: “Additionally, we had a situation where we now have a total of about 500 and some more suspected cases in the county that we have shortlisted.”

He said the county has lost about 68 persons so far; and there are currently 44 confirmed cases, 10 of them, health workers mostly from Phebe Hospital, including an ambulance driver.

The county health officer said the Bong health team has been collaborating with the security sector and local leaders, and they have succeeded in having their presence felt almost in every village, town and district.

He boasted that people were now walking into the health facilities and reporting themselves for isolation. With assistance from Save the Children, he said an Ebola Treatment Unit or ETU has been established.

After meeting the demands of panicking nurses at the C.B. Dunbar Hospital, who had fled after some of their colleagues came in contact with Ebola patients, Dr. Arzoaquoi said they have returned to work, though some major concerns, including additional incentives and risk benefits are awaiting government’s response.

The CHO said nurses returned to work after an Ebola Treatment Unit was established, trainings conducted for staff and facilities were disinfected, while disclosing that construction is ongoing for a holding center that will serve as a transition between the community and the ETU.

But he warned that the health workers’ return was not “a reliable situation” as a major challenge now is motivating them in terms of increased incentives and risk benefits, which need to be addressed. Dr. Arzoaquoi said they are getting technical support from the World Health Organization while UNICEF is providing tents and other materials.

But President Sirleaf said, addressing incentives and risk benefits are taking a while here because the government is working with international partners to have a harmonized support for doctors in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

She said there special circumstances for people working in the ETU because they are at greater risk, and added that everyone working in even small clinics is being considered. Families of the deceased are being listed, she said, to help their children and spouses.

President Sirleaf finally said Liberia does not want to see progress made in handling other health situations such as maternity, malaria, among others, disappear because of Ebola while appreciating health workers for the level of progress.

Earlier, Bong County Superintendent Selena P. Mappy, said the county task force has been succeeding in the fight to kick Ebola out; and lauded Save the Children for providing 150 pieces of mattresses.

But Superintendent Mappy said the lack of ambulance remains a challenge in the county, telling President Sirleaf that the only available ambulance that’s supposed to be for C.B. Dunbar Hospital is now transporting Ebola cases across the entire county. http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12676:500-ebola-suspects-in-bong-county&catid=25:politics&Itemid=59

Sierra Leone News: Ose to Ose Ebola Talk…15-20% surge of cases expected

The Deputy Minister of Political and Public Affairs Karamoh Kabba has said in the daily press briefing at the SLAJ hall said that government has projected a 15 to 20% surge in the EVD suspected cases from communities across the country during the “Ose to Ose Ebola tok.”
The Minister went further to say that in preparedness for the three days Ose to Ose talk the emergency operation centre in collaboration with its partners has completed the training of the national supervisors for the three days. Training of the district supervisors has commenced and has completed yesterday while cascading training of national and districts supervisors to the bulk of the 21,000 volunteers will start today at local level.
The Minister added that in response, the EOC has expanded the number of holding centres and trained more staff to mann them as well as increased logistical support at district level to enable local authorities to adequately respond to the anticipated spike in EVD suspected cases.
He also added that there is an increased level of compliance with government policy to report all cases of deaths for certificate before burial thus the increased demand on the burial team to respond to dead bodies. In response government has increased the number of burial teams in Freetown to nine from four. The burial team coordinator has trained 26 dispatch riders to respond and collect samples from bodies for same day testing and provided eighteen burial vehicles to the Western Area teams where the demand for burial is most prevalent....  http://awoko.org/2014/09/16/sierra-leone-news-ose-to-ose-ebola-talk15-20-surge-of-cases-expected/

Sierra Leone #ebola News: Dr Olivette Buck died a hero -Bishop Wilson

Sierra Leone News: Dr Olivette Buck died a hero -Bishop Wilson

Canon Jenner Buck, husband of the late Dr Olivette Buck and the Vicar-in-Charge of St Charles Parish Church, Regent has been tested negative of the Ebola Virus, while one of the daughters is positive and all necessary treatment is being administered on her to save her life.
The late Dr Buck was the Medical Superintendent at the Lumley Health Center where she has been very instrumental in saving lives. The 59 year-old had just one year left in the service before retirement.
However, the Vicarage where the family is living is under quarantine, as the Parish continues to pray for the Buck family as they go through this challenging period... http://awoko.org/2014/09/16/sierra-leone-news-dr-olivette-buck-died-a-hero-bishop-wilson/

Sierra Leone News : How Ebola Killed a popular Freetown female doctor, Dr. Olivette Buck

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By A. Samba and S. Kamara Sep 15, 2014, 12:14

Another painful loss to Sierra Leone has occurred. It has left tears and wailing in Sierra Leone and abroad. Dr. Olivette Buck who tested positive for Ebola on Tuesday 9th September 2014 has in early morning hours of Sunday 14th September 2014 met her demise as our nation continues to suffer in the cruel hands of the Ebola virus disease. As a medical superintendent attached to Lumley Hospital in Sierra Leone’s capital city, she was very well liked and popular. Prior to becoming a doctor, she was a schoolteacher at Annie Walsh Memorial School and many prominent Sierra Leonean women in the society today had all passed through her hands at that school. Her death therefore prompted a huge backlash of fury that her life could not be saved when she fell ill with the virus.

However, in-depth investigations by this newspaper over the past few days, have uncovered some startling facts which will shed better light on the demise of this well-respected and highly adored late medical doctor.

As the Lumley Hospital premises were being fumigated on Thursday 11th September 2014, this newspaper’s team went on the ground and carried out interviews with nurses, staff and even some of the admitted patients who had earlier fled the hospital and gone to their various homes.

Our extensive, thorough fact-finding has uncovered the disappointing fact that Dr. Olivette Buck had fallen ill with clear cut signs of Ebola for over one week in form of fever and headache for which, she did not seek to get tested for Ebola but was self-treating herself.

According to two of her nursing staff who asked not to be named, it all started sometime just after mid-August when due to lack of protective clothing, they got exposed to at least one Ebola patient at the hospital.

One nurse explained that they, junior staff, staged a sit-down strike to call attention to their plight. She lamented that within the given 2 to 21 days incubation period from that August exposure to the Ebola virus, Dr. Buck on Monday 1st September 2014 turned up at the Lumley hospital with a high fever and asked the laboratory for a Malaria blood test to be done on her. 

Our source said subsquent to this, she progressively became even sicker to the extent that on one day that week, “for the very first time since she started work at Lumley”, it was her husband, Reverend Jenner Buck who drove her to work as she was too ill herself. 

On Friday 5th September, she appeared for work and was so ill that she asked for an intravenous drip to be administered on her. This was willingly done by four (4) of her nurses (names with-held). Some nurses also went to her residence where they helped to take care of her at home that weekend.

The following Monday 8th September, the concerned staff went on, Dr. Buck indeed came to work but was still not better; at which point, it was reminded of the incident back in August of the dead  Ebola patient. It was advised to be considered that it might not be Malaria but it was Ebola. At this time, she had already been very sick since at least the Monday before (1st September 2014) but had been treating herself.

The next day Tuesday 9th September, her blood was drawn only for the results to come in on Wednesday as positive for Ebola. At this point, she had been sick with Ebola now for at least ten days and the virus had ravaged her immune system taking her health downhill.

She was admitted into the Isolation Unit at Connaught Hospital where she was given palliative care until she passed away on Sunday 14th September.

Two of Lumley Laboratory Technicians Mr. Paul and Mr. Amara spoke to this newspaper and confirmed the report that they did the Malaria and other tests on her but the results showed no sugar neither malaria in her blood sample.

The hospital has meanwhile been totally disinfected and work should resume on Monday 15th September. However, affected staff, especially the four nurses, who were in contact with the late doctor, are to be quarantined.

Meanwhile, staff of the hospital are bitterly complaining of stigmatisation in the community where they are treated as Ebola suspects.

“Communities, neighbors and even family members now discriminate and marginalize us,” a nurse wept.

In that light, Honorable Member of Parliament representing that area’s Constituency 112, Hon. Sheku Amani Sannoh has called a meeting and urged for an end to such awful stigmatisation.

Sierra Leone News : Panic Grips PZ

Sierra Leone News : Panic Grips PZ By Augustine Samba & Edward Tommy Sep 16, 2014, 17:06

Passers-by and traders as well as other onlookers witnessed a special drama last evening at the PZ Roundabout when a madman appeared with a bundle of used Ebola Burial Team protective gowns. Panic and fear almost inundated everyone who took notice of the insane man demonstrating the used gowns as if it was premeditated. The wearing of one of the used gowns right  at the center of Freetown (PZ Roundabout)  left traders and citizens in a state of panic, sending them up and down seeking protection away from ugly scene.  After demonstrating how to use one of the used gowns the mad man deposited the remaining bundle right at the heart of the Freetown City and took to his heels fully dressed as a member of the Ebola Burial Team. 

The act then left citizens expressing doubt and dismay in the Freetown burial teams as according to many who spoke to our reporters said the madman clearly exposed the burial team as being careless in depositing their own protective gears in the graves of the Ebola victims or burn them as mandated.

Protective Ebola Gears at PZ

According to one Alimamy Conteh a foreign currency changer (dollar boy) at PZ Roundabout said the madman who was putting on a protective gear arrived at PZ with a bundle of the protective gears. He said the madman then removed the one he was putting on then put on another leaving the one he just removed at the roundabout and went away. Mr. Conteh furthered that, the gown the madman left behind was then isolated so as to prevent people from touching it, adding that, they had since called the 117 free toll lines but as at the time of the interview the said gears had not been removed from where it was deposited.

Talking to one Francess Turay who identified herself as a trader expressed total dismay in the burial team for deliberately going against their mandate of burying Ebola victims with their protective gears.

She asked “How would a madman be in possession of a whole bundle of used Ebola protective gears when it was supposed to be buried with Ebola victims?”

She added that it is total neglect of the burial team for which action must be taken to prevent further eventualities.

Frederick Hooke expressed concern as to who the madman would have come in contact with, which according to him will increase the spread the disease. He indicted the burial teams and called for proper monitoring and surveillance as to how the burial is being done.

Many other citizens accused the burial team for not adhering to the burial rules of burying the victims with the protective gears used to prevent the spread of the disease which will eventually lead to its eradication from the country. They also appealed to the Government through the Health Ministry and stakeholders concerned to recruit the right individuals who will adhere to the rules of burying Ebola victims and not those who will put the lives of the citizens at stake.

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Liberia-#Ebola Fear Grips Lawmakers due to a probable case of Ebola

Ebola Fear Grips Lawmakers

Tue, 09/16/2014 - 09:30 admin

-Session Suspended

The fear of the deadly Ebola virus has forced the House of Representatives to suspend its Extra Ordinary Sitting for Tuesday, September 16, 2014.
According to a statement issued from the House’s Press Bureau, leadership of the House took the decision based “on medical advice.” “The House Chambers and surrounding offices are expected to be disinfected due to a probable case of Ebola,” the statement said.
“Members and chamber staff have been asked to stay away for 48 hours after the fumigation.  “The Chief Clerk of the House, Madam Mildred Siryon, has been instructed to communicate the House’s decision to the Liberian Senate. The House took the decision after one of the Chamber’s doorkeepers, Captain James Morlu suddenly died.
According the House Press Director Isaac Redd, the late Capt. Morlu was briefly ill, but medical authorities are yet establish the cause of death. Based on the probability of Ebola related, the House decided to suspend regular sitting until the House’s wing of the Capitol Building is fully disinfected.
Morlu was an active member of the security system in the handling of the Chamber, meaning that during session; he interacted with lawmakers and other staffers regularly and his death raises more concerns about safety in the building. Said information has since created fear among lawmakers vowing for an immediate investigation into Morlu’s death in order to help save the lives of many people who are moving in and out of the legislative seat.
Meanwhile, the House renews it mandate for essential staff to show up for work. “Restrictions remain enforced for visitors and those who have absolutely no reason(s) to visit the Capitol Building,” Redd said. http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/ebola-fear-grips-lawmakers