Three people admitted to Bombo Military Hospital and Nyimbwa Health Centre IV with symptoms similar to Ebola virus have been discharged from the isolation units after recovering and being counselled by health officials.
Dr Agaba Byamukama, the case management and surveillance coordinator for the Ebola task force in Luweero District, told the Daily Monitor at the weekend that two of the discharged people were from the isolation unit at Bombo Military Hospital and one was from Nyimbwa Health Centre IV.
“We have discharged three people who have been undergoing treatment. They are free to go back to the community because they have been treated and counselled by our staff,” Dr Agaba said.
He said they were also given packages such as a mattress, clothes, some food, shoes, a jerrican, among other essential items, because some of their property was destroyed as a precautionary measure against further spread of the disease.
Meanwhile, the surveillance teams have indicated that a confirmed Ebola case at Bombo Military Hospital is recovering and that no new cases have been admitted at the isolation facilities at Nyimbwa Health Centre and Bombo Military Hospital.
However, the medical teams continue to monitor 77 who came into contact with Ebola patients as a precautionary measure. He said the ministry was concentrating on training health workers, assessing infection prevention and control practices in health facilities and sensitisation of the communities.
Meanwhile, 12 people believed to have come into contact with the first suspected case on November 7 have completed the 21 days of monitoring and have been pronounced to be Ebola free, according to Dr Ester Namukose, an Epideomologist from the Ministry of Health. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Three-discharged-from-Ebola-isolation-centres-in-Luweero/-/688334/1628922/-/iyp956/-/index.html?
Three people admitted to Bombo Military Hospital and Nyimbwa Health Centre IV with symptoms similar to Ebola virus have been discharged from the isolation units after recovering and being counselled by health officials.
Dr Agaba Byamukama, the case management and surveillance coordinator for the Ebola task force in Luweero District, told the Daily Monitor at the weekend that two of the discharged people were from the isolation unit at Bombo Military Hospital and one was from Nyimbwa Health Centre IV.
“We have discharged three people who have been undergoing treatment. They are free to go back to the community because they have been treated and counselled by our staff,” Dr Agaba said.
He said they were also given packages such as a mattress, clothes, some food, shoes, a jerrican, among other essential items, because some of their property was destroyed as a precautionary measure against further spread of the disease.
Meanwhile, the surveillance teams have indicated that a confirmed Ebola case at Bombo Military Hospital is recovering and that no new cases have been admitted at the isolation facilities at Nyimbwa Health Centre and Bombo Military Hospital.
However, the medical teams continue to monitor 77 who came into contact with Ebola patients as a precautionary measure. He said the ministry was concentrating on training health workers, assessing infection prevention and control practices in health facilities and sensitisation of the communities.
Meanwhile, 12 people believed to have come into contact with the first suspected case on November 7 have completed the 21 days of monitoring and have been pronounced to be Ebola free, according to Dr Ester Namukose, an Epideomologist from the Ministry of Health. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Three-discharged-from-Ebola-isolation-centres-in-Luweero/-/688334/1628922/-/iyp956/-/index.html?
