Baton Rouge - Ebola Feared - False alarm due to confusion over Alzheimer's patient

[hawkeye]

BATON ROUGE- A fire station was quarantined and a police station evacuated Friday evening after a man claiming to be from Africa showed up at the Baton Rouge Police precinct on Highland Road ill.

Police said, given the current situation with Ebola across the globe and the events in Texas, they decided to take precautionary measures. The measures included calling medical responders, HAZMAT and evacuating the police station between downtown and LSU.

Officers said they were concerned because the man was obviously ill, a spokesperson said.


http://www.wbrz.com/news/ill-patient-prompts-evacuation-quarantine/

 

[hawkeye]

Re: Baton Rouge - Ebola Feared - Fire Station Quarantined, Police station evacuated

Re: Baton Rouge - Ebola Feared - Fire Station Quarantined, Police station evacuated

Thankfully all clear. But I expect we'll see more situations such as this adding to the already heavy burden and disruption of services.

All clear after man causes evacuation, quarantine
Updated: Oct 3, 2014 10:28 PM

BATON ROUGE - Hospital officials say a man suffering from dementia caused the evacuation of a police department and forced the quarantine of fire crews inside their station Friday night.

Sometime during the evening, a man was brought into the Baton Rouge Police Department's 2nd Precinct claiming to be from Ethiopia. Authorities said the man was sick and extra precautions were taken due to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

While it was never confirmed the man was ill with the virus, authorities said they wanted to make sure everyone was cared for appropriately.

http://www.wbrz.com/news/all-clear-after-man-causes-evacuation-quarantine-65325/