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Health chief takes Illinois TB patient to court
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2014 6:28 am
CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer | 0 comments
CHICAGO (AP) ? A central Illinois health official wants a judge to order an uncooperative patient with infectious tuberculosis to stay in his home and wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet to prevent the spread of disease.
Anyone attending the court hearing Friday in Champaign County will be required to wear a fitted face-mask respirator to protect against contracting the lung disease. The patient, Christian Mbemba Ibanda, has entertained visitors and left his home despite warnings, said Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Administrator Julie Pryde, who's seeking the court order. His close contacts already are getting TB tests to see if they need treatment.
"We had been telling this gentleman, 'Listen. We're not messing around,'" Pryde said. "This is a serious illness. You cannot be exposing other people." She said the patient needs to be isolated until three sputum samples test negative, which could take up to six weeks...
Health chief takes Illinois TB patient to court
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2014 6:28 am
CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer | 0 comments
CHICAGO (AP) ? A central Illinois health official wants a judge to order an uncooperative patient with infectious tuberculosis to stay in his home and wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet to prevent the spread of disease.
Anyone attending the court hearing Friday in Champaign County will be required to wear a fitted face-mask respirator to protect against contracting the lung disease. The patient, Christian Mbemba Ibanda, has entertained visitors and left his home despite warnings, said Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Administrator Julie Pryde, who's seeking the court order. His close contacts already are getting TB tests to see if they need treatment.
"We had been telling this gentleman, 'Listen. We're not messing around,'" Pryde said. "This is a serious illness. You cannot be exposing other people." She said the patient needs to be isolated until three sputum samples test negative, which could take up to six weeks...