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Ebola: a patient with "some symptoms" in isolation

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A patient with symptoms of infection appeared to SSRN hospital Wednesday

September 17. He was returning from Mali.
By The Editors
September 17, 2014

Did this patient contracted the disease Ebola? The authorities are certainly on alert. "A patient from Africa has entered the facility this morning, and he had some symptoms. But we have not had confirmation, "said Minister of Health, Lormus Bundhoo. The patient was on Wednesday, September 17 at the SSRN Hospital in Pamplemousses.

According to the Minister of Health, the patient comes from Mali. "It's certainly the last country he visited before coming to Mauritius, we do not know if he has been in other countries before," he says. Lormus Bundhoo however, has not been able to give the date of arrival of that person in the country.

The patient was rushed to the hospital in Souillac, where he will undergo a battery of tests and will be confined in a solitary cell. According Lormus Bundhoo, results are expected by 18 hours.
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A Mauritian who traveled in West Africa put in isolation at the hospital in Souillac

The article in Mauritius | 17 September, 2014 - 1:16 p.m.

The Ministry of Health and Quality of Life wishes to inform the public that a Mauritian who recently traveled to Europe and West Africa has been put in isolation at the hospital in Souillac Wednesday, 9.17 / 2014.

The patient showed symptoms such as fever and weakness. Protocol of support on any suspected case was triggered. The necessary tests are underway. The patient was placed in isolation as a precaution.

The public will be informed of the evolution of the situation as soon as test results become available.

Ministry of Health and Quality of Life
09/17/2014

http://www.lemauricien.com/article/mauricien-ayant-voyage-en-afrique-louest-mis-en-isolation-lhopital-souillac

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Wednesday, 17 September 2014 12:17

A Mauritian quarantined at the hospital in Souillac Featured

Written by Editorial RadioPlus

It's not yet a suspected case of Ebola ensures health minister Lormus Bundhoo. But a Mauritian suffering from high fever was quarantined at the hospital in Souillac.

The man returned to Mauritius Thursday, September 11 after a long trip to Europe and Africa. At the airport, he had no symptoms of any disease.

But since he is suffering from high fever. Admitted to SSRN hospital at first, he was hospitalized Wednesday 17 at Souillac. This cell for quarantine has been set to counter the potential spread of Ebola in our territory.

But Lormus Bundhoo insists in a statement to Radio Plus "we can not, at present, suspect that the man is carrying the Ebola virus. The blood test results are expected in seven hours. "

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PUBLIC HEALTH: Tests negative for Ebola

Article | 17 September, 2014 - 9:59 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH: Tests negative for Ebola

The Ministry of Health pushes a collective sigh of relief. The Northerner with high fever is not a carrier of the Ebola virus. This is revealed by the tests performed on the patient quarantined at the hospital in Souillac yesterday. This man of 38, who returned from trip to West Africa, was suffering from malaria.

http://www.lemauricien.com/article/sante-publique-tests-negatifs-l-ebola

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TESTED POSITIVE FOR MALARIA AND NOT EBOLA: The Northerner remains hospitalized in Isolation ward in Souillac

Lawsuits expected against the patient for misrepresentation under the Public Health Act

Article in Weekend | September 21, 2014 - 13:00

While the deadly Ebola virus has been definitely ruled out through blood tests Northerner 38 years, he is not out of the woods. He remains hospitalized in Isolation Ward Souillac Hospital for treatment against malaria. He also risks legal action for failing to explain that in addition to Mali, he also visited Equatorial Guinea, Kenya and Sierra Leone, where is an outbreak of Ebola epidemic. A statement to the police is expected for this purpose by an officer of the health department. Meanwhile, a survey was conducted by the services of Health.

The man, driver of formation, had toured England before returning to several African countries including Sierra Leone, affected by the Ebola epidemic. His journey lasted five months, the Mauritian regained the island Sept. 11, after a trip to Mali. It was only three days after that he began suffering from several ailments, including weakness, loss of appetite and an outbreak of fever. Seeing his condition worse by the hour, the man, accompanied by his younger brother, went to a private doctor at Le Hochet, Terre Rouge.

According to his brother, that Week-End met last Wednesday, the doctor gave him a prescription and asked him to come back in two days in case his health did not improve. Two days later, given the state of the patient, the doctor referred him to the North hospital with a recommendation. The patient, according to his brother, waited the next day to go to the health center.

Contagion

Once there, the two brothers were isolated in a room to prevent any contagion with the nursing staff or other patients. The protocol established by the National Preparedness Plan under the auspices of Health and the Office of the Prime Minister and endorsed by Dr. Wilson Gachari, a Kenyan expert from the World Health Organization (WHO), was quickly engaged.

"I was then separated from him. It was explained to me that he would be sent by ambulance to the Isolation Ward of the hospital in Souillac to undergo tests. As for us, an officer of Health has contacted us to see if anyone in the house was suffering from similar symptoms. has also advised us to avoid going out until we know what my brother was suffering of, "says our interlocutor.

After six hours of waiting, tests on the patient have definitely ruled out the deadly Ebola virus. Analyses were carried out by staff of the Department of Health laboratory for this purpose at the hospital in Souillac. The tests revealed that the patient is suffering from malaria and not of hemorrhagic fever. With regard to the patient's family, it indicates that no checks were done with her, except that authorities conducted herbicide spraying at their home to prevent contagion, and then perform a fever survey.

Contrary to what has been circulated in the broadcast media, the patient would not be a regular to African countries. It was in fact his first trip, says his brother. "He went to visit some friends of his. He went through England, then African countries. Which? I do not know, "he says.

But the Northern today faces prosecution for lying about his trips abroad. According to the press service of the Ministry of Health, the man did not say he was returning from several countries in West Africa including one hit by the epidemic. He would have said he had just visited Mali.

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