By Chip Scarborough
By Meg Pace
Man being treated for Ebola-like symptoms in Birmingham
UPDATED 3:14 AM CDT Aug 05, 2015
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ?A patient in Birmingham is being treated at UAB Hospital for Ebola-like symptoms.
According to Lt. Joe Roberts with the BPD, residents in an area of homes in west Birmingham were ordered to stay indoors after a man on their street showed symptoms of Ebola.
The patient told firefighters who responded to his home that he had traveled back and forth from west Africa.
"Our crews contacted UAB Hospital and got medical direction from them and transported the patient to UAB," said Battalion Chief Buddy Wilks, of Birmingham Fire and Rescue. "We have the rest of the family isolated in the house."
Six Birmingham firefighters and two family members of the patient are being quarantined pending medical testing to determine what the patient has been exposed to.
None of the firefighters are showing any signs of Ebola but are "anxious," said Wilks.
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By Meg Pace
Man being treated for Ebola-like symptoms in Birmingham
UPDATED 3:14 AM CDT Aug 05, 2015
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ?A patient in Birmingham is being treated at UAB Hospital for Ebola-like symptoms.
According to Lt. Joe Roberts with the BPD, residents in an area of homes in west Birmingham were ordered to stay indoors after a man on their street showed symptoms of Ebola.
The patient told firefighters who responded to his home that he had traveled back and forth from west Africa.
"Our crews contacted UAB Hospital and got medical direction from them and transported the patient to UAB," said Battalion Chief Buddy Wilks, of Birmingham Fire and Rescue. "We have the rest of the family isolated in the house."
Six Birmingham firefighters and two family members of the patient are being quarantined pending medical testing to determine what the patient has been exposed to.
None of the firefighters are showing any signs of Ebola but are "anxious," said Wilks.
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