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Woman at Ottawa hospital being tested for MERS , source tells QMI Agency
12:58 pm, October 1st, 2013
JESSICA HUME | QMI AGENCY
OTTAWA - A woman admitted to an Ottawa hospital Saturday may have MERS, the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, a disease similar to SARS, a source told QMI Agency.
Symptoms of the potentially fatal ailment include shortness of breath, acute pneumonia and kidney failure.
The source says the woman arrived in Ottawa from Dubai and was in the Queensway Carleton Ottawa Hospital on Tuesday.
Judy Brown, a spokesperson for the hospital, confirmed that a woman had been admitted and is currently being tested for several different illnesses.
"When someone comes in to emergency, they are triaged, assessed to see what possible injuries they have, and then we get into their medical history," she said.
Brown emphasized the woman's test results hadn't yet been seen.
"No one has been diagnosed with MERS," she said. "We are working to rule out respiratory infection."
More: http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/10/20131001-125802.html
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Woman at Ottawa hospital being tested for MERS , source tells QMI Agency
12:58 pm, October 1st, 2013
JESSICA HUME | QMI AGENCY
OTTAWA - A woman admitted to an Ottawa hospital Saturday may have MERS, the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, a disease similar to SARS, a source told QMI Agency.
Symptoms of the potentially fatal ailment include shortness of breath, acute pneumonia and kidney failure.
The source says the woman arrived in Ottawa from Dubai and was in the Queensway Carleton Ottawa Hospital on Tuesday.
Judy Brown, a spokesperson for the hospital, confirmed that a woman had been admitted and is currently being tested for several different illnesses.
"When someone comes in to emergency, they are triaged, assessed to see what possible injuries they have, and then we get into their medical history," she said.
Brown emphasized the woman's test results hadn't yet been seen.
"No one has been diagnosed with MERS," she said. "We are working to rule out respiratory infection."
More: http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/10/20131001-125802.html
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