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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 2018
Suspected Ebola patient isolated at Kabale hospital
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By Robert Muhereza
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The principal nursing officer at Kabale regional referral hospital, Sr Christine Akurut, on Wednesday said that blood samples from the 28-year-old male patient have been taken to the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe.
?The patient was admitted on Tuesday morning and when he presented signs and symptoms of either Ebola or the Rift Valley fever, we immediately transferred him to the hospital isolation unit as we wait for the results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute,? Sr Akurut said.
Sr Akrut also said that the suspected Ebola patient told the health workers that he participated in the burial of his close friend who died of Rift Valley fever in Mbarara District.
The suspected Ebola patient also told health workers that he comes from Mitooma District and is a vendor of general merchandise; he moves from town to town looking for customers and uses lodges for accommodation.
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http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Natio...le-hospital/688334-4713526-14wf5iz/index.html
Suspected Ebola patient isolated at Kabale hospital
...
By Robert Muhereza
...
The principal nursing officer at Kabale regional referral hospital, Sr Christine Akurut, on Wednesday said that blood samples from the 28-year-old male patient have been taken to the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe.
?The patient was admitted on Tuesday morning and when he presented signs and symptoms of either Ebola or the Rift Valley fever, we immediately transferred him to the hospital isolation unit as we wait for the results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute,? Sr Akurut said.
Sr Akrut also said that the suspected Ebola patient told the health workers that he participated in the burial of his close friend who died of Rift Valley fever in Mbarara District.
The suspected Ebola patient also told health workers that he comes from Mitooma District and is a vendor of general merchandise; he moves from town to town looking for customers and uses lodges for accommodation.
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http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Natio...le-hospital/688334-4713526-14wf5iz/index.html