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Ebola scare as woman from Sierra Leone held at Scottish immigration removal centre undergoes tests for killer disease after falling ill
Woman was detained at Dungavel Detention Centre in South Lanarkshire
She has been taken to hospital where she has undergone tests for Ebola
NHS Lanarkshire say it is investigating case as a 'precautionary measure'
By Gemma Mullin For Mailonline
Published: 16:31 GMT, 15 August 2014 | Updated: 17:57 GMT, 15 August 2014
A woman from Sierra Leone being held at a Scottish immigration removal centre has undergone tests for the killer Ebola disease after she fell ill.
The woman was detained at Dungavel Detention Centre in South Lanarkshire before being taken to hospital where doctors carried out tests.
A spokesman for NHS Lanarkshire said: 'We are currently investigating a possible case of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (Ebola).
'This is a precautionary measure and it would appear at this stage to be highly unlikely the patient will test positive for Ebola.'
The detention centre near the town of Strathaven is used as a holding unit for failed asylum seekers waiting deportation.
Officials from the Home Office have now suspended the detention or release of people from the unit during the investigation to islolate the risk if it is positive...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3AUGVYtoi
Woman was detained at Dungavel Detention Centre in South Lanarkshire
She has been taken to hospital where she has undergone tests for Ebola
NHS Lanarkshire say it is investigating case as a 'precautionary measure'
By Gemma Mullin For Mailonline
Published: 16:31 GMT, 15 August 2014 | Updated: 17:57 GMT, 15 August 2014
A woman from Sierra Leone being held at a Scottish immigration removal centre has undergone tests for the killer Ebola disease after she fell ill.
The woman was detained at Dungavel Detention Centre in South Lanarkshire before being taken to hospital where doctors carried out tests.
A spokesman for NHS Lanarkshire said: 'We are currently investigating a possible case of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (Ebola).
'This is a precautionary measure and it would appear at this stage to be highly unlikely the patient will test positive for Ebola.'
The detention centre near the town of Strathaven is used as a holding unit for failed asylum seekers waiting deportation.
Officials from the Home Office have now suspended the detention or release of people from the unit during the investigation to islolate the risk if it is positive...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3AUGVYtoi
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