Central Kentucky hospital locked down over potential public health risk - adult chicken pox diagnosed

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Source: http://sentinelrepublic.com/central...down-over-potential-public-health-risk/57524/

Central Kentucky hospital locked down over potential public health risk
August 4, 2015 2:17 pm?

WLEX-TV, the NBC affiliate in Lexington, reported Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville went under lockdown as officials evaluated ?a patient for potential public health risk?. They were far larger and more numerous than traditional chicken pox, which alarmed the hospital?s doctors.

The woman had apparently been overseas recently but has been isolated, Gray said. Patients are being re-directed to other emergency rooms in the area.

A spokeswoman for Kentucky?s health department says a patient being treated for an undisclosed illness at a hospital is not believed to pose a risk to the public?s health. According to a statement from the hospital, it was necessary for the patient to be in isolation. Know that we are working closely with the local and state health officials and are coordinating with the Center for Disease Control...

 

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This was reported yesterday: http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews...cle_7a960317-bf9a-5096-9f0a-9a6971205203.html

Chicken pox cases prompts ER to close
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2015 11:13 am | Updated: 11:15 am, Mon Aug 3, 2015.
by Kendra Peek

A case of the chicken pox closed down the emergency department at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center for much of the afternoon and evening Saturday.

The infected patient came into the hospital about 1:30 p.m., according to Jeremy Cocanougher, director of marketing.

He told the Associated Press the patient was covered in spots and that they were far larger and more numerous than traditional chicken pox, which alarmed doctors. The patient also had been overseas recently, raising more concerns.

According to a post on the Facebook page of the Danville-Boyle County Emergency Management, placed at 11:22 p.m. Saturday, the hospital had received confirmation the patient had two strains of adult chicken pox...