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Patient being monitored for Ebola has medical emergency Saturday
Published 4:32 PM CDT Mar 29, 2015
One of the five patients being monitored for Ebola had a medical emergency while jogging near the Nebraska Medical Center campus.
The hospital told KETV NewsWatch 7 that the patient had a cardiac issue Saturday.
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On Sunday, the patient's condition was reported stable.
None of the five patients have tested positive for Ebola...
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Nebraska Medicine
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Patient Being Monitored for Ebola Hospitalized for Medical Emergency Unrelated to Ebola -- Remains Free of the Ebola Virus, No Risk to the Public
One of the five people being monitored in Omaha after possible exposure to the Ebola virus in West Africa has been hospitalized due to a medical emergency unrelated to Ebola. This person was jogging near the medical center campus Saturday afternoon and had a cardiac issue. A health care worker immediately administered medical aid. The person was admitted to Nebraska Medicine and is currently in stable condition.
“It is important for everyone to understand this patient does not have Ebola,” says Phil Smith, MD, medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. “Out of an abundance of caution, we ran an Ebola test immediately after the patient was admitted on Saturday. That test came back negative. There is no risk to hospital staff, patients, those assisting at the scene or the public.”
Since arriving in Omaha, each of the five people have asked for privacy, so Nebraska Medicine cannot release the name or gender of this patient. The group of five people are nearing the end of their 21 day surveillance and have been monitored twice daily on the medical center campus in a joint effort between Nebraska Medicine and our partners in the Douglas County Health Department, supported by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
“These five patients are being monitored twice daily for the possibility of Ebola symptoms, which have never developed,” says Dr. Adi Pour, director of the Douglas County Health Department. “From the beginning, we have been following the monitoring guidelines put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All five patients are still not an infection risk.”
All five are health care workers who were serving a medical mission in Sierra Leone when a colleague tested positive for Ebola. That colleague is being cared for at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland. Out of an abundance of caution, the group of five were brought to Omaha to be near the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit where they could be treated in the unlikely event that symptoms developed.
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This person was jogging near the medical center campus Saturday afternoon and had a cardiac issue.
Kelly Bartnick @kellybartnick ? 31m 31 minutes ago
.@NebraskaMed : CDC allows patients out to walk/jog after 14 days of observation. Must also be 3 ft from others--patient had no #Ebola signs
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