Doctor who treated diplomat who traveled with Patrick Sawyer dies in Port Harcourt of Ebola - wife also confirmed infected - 160 contacts quarantined

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08/30/14

Sister Of Dead Ebola Doctor Escapes from Port Harcourt

SaharaReporters has learned that a sister of a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor, Iyke Enemuo, who recently died from the Ebola virus, fled to Abia State to avoid being quarantined along with others who came into contact with the late doctor. However, one of her siblings, who is also a doctor, forced her to return to the quarantine center in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State.

The woman helped care for her doctor brother as he suffered from the debilitating disease caused by the Ebola virus. Dr. Enemuo had contracted the virus when he was secretly treating a staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) who, in turn, had had contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who initially brought the disease into Nigeria.

SaharaReporters discovered that the ECOWAS diplomat who had had contact with Mr. Sawyer flew to Port Harcourt the same day the Liberian American died, and met up with Dr. Enemuo. Apparently aware of the deadly nature of the disease afflicting the diplomat, Dr. Enemuo opted to treat him secretly at a local hotel.

After recovering, the ECOWAS staff flew back to Lagos to seek clearance to travel out of Nigeria. Quarantined and checked for Ebola in Lagos, he was found to be free of the virus. However, a few days after he left Port Harcourt, Dr. Enemuo took ill and was hospitalized at Good Health Hospital in Port Harcourt where he died of the disease.

The hospital has been closed down, and close to 70 people immediately quarantined by Nigerian health officials. However, as at last night, more than 200 people who had been in contact with Dr. Enemuo and the ECOWAS diplomat had been quarantined as well. Dr. Enemuo’s wife recently took ill with Ebola symptoms.

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Ebola: Wife of late Dr Enemuo moved to Lagos

August 30, 2014

Wife of late Dr Iyke Samuel Enemuo who died of Ebola disease in Port Harcourt has been moved to the quarantine centre in Lagos.

Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker who disclosed this yesterday at a briefing in Port Harcourt, gave the name of the Nigerian Diplomat working with the Economic Community of West Africa States, ECOWAS, who was treated by late Dr Enemuo in Port Harcourt as Olu Ibikunle Koye.

Parker said the late Dr Enemuo was aware of the Ebola status of Ibikunle before treating him, adding that after the patient went back to Lagos the late doctor poured bleach in the hotel room where the patient stayed and received treatment.

This is coming amid fears that the dreaded Ebola disease may have spread further than anticipated because the body of the late Dr Enemuo is still at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital mortuary.

? The patient had received the late Dr. Patrick Sawyer in Lagos. Upon developing the symptom confided in a female colleague, called Lillian, who contacted the late Dr. Enemuo. It was after contact was established with Dr. Enemuo that Olu Ibikunle Koye flew to Port Harcourt to see Dr. Enemuo?, he said.

The Commissioner said the Diplomat who escaped from a quarantine centre in Lagos sneaked into a hotel, Mandate Gardens in Rumuokoro area of the state and also switched off his phones to evade arrest.

The late Dr Enemuo who runs Sam Steel clinic in the same Rumuokoro area had to be going to treat the patient at the hotel.

?From what we have gathered so far, Dr. Enemuo, knowing full well that Koye was positive of the Ebola virus took some measure of precaution to protect himself while treating Koye. Knowing the enormity of what he was doing, Dr. Enemuo upon Koye?s departure for Lagos poured bleach all over the room that Koye slept in order to sanitise the place?.

?Upon developing the Ebola symptom, Dr. Enemuo approached one of our colleagues for treatment at Green Heart Hospital, along Evboh Road, in G.R.A. Dr. Enemuo did not tell the doctor that was treating him the truth. He merely told him that he had fever. He lied. He did not tell the doctor that was treating him his full story?.

But the doctor, a nice and conscientious professional, suspected that Dr. Enemuo was either hiding something or was suffering from a strange ailment because he proved negative to malaria, fever and typhoid fever. To be sure of what he was doing, he spoke to other very experienced doctors about the strange case he was handling in his hospital.?

?He even invited some of his colleagues to come over to his hospital to study Dr. Enemuo?s medical history. Of course, the news of the Ebola virus was everywhere, so, they were afraid to go. None of them showed up at the hospital where Dr. Enemuo was being treated. His condition continued to deteriorate and he eventually died and his body was taken to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-wife-late-dr-enemuo-moved-lagos/

 

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Ebola victim?s hospital still open for patients

By CHRIS ANUCHA, PORT HARCOURT on August 30, 2014


2 nurses under watch, victim?s 3-month old baby safe


Samstel Clinic and Maternity, owned by the first victim of Ebola virus in Riv*ers State, Dr Sam En*emuo, is still open for patients, Saturday Sun checks revealed yes*terday.

Meanwhile, two nurses working in the hospital have been placed under close watch, while doctors have confirmed that the late doctor?s thee month old baby and only child is free from the virus.

When the reporter vis*ited the hospital, located near the ever-busy Rumuo*koro Roundabout yester*day, some patients were seen at the reception of the hospital, waiting to be at*tended to by doctors who were nowhere to be seen. Investigation showed that some of the patients were yet to know about the Ebola virus incident at the hospital.

Others were already aware but decided to come to the hospital, since there are other doctors to attend to them.

Some nurses working in the hospital that unusually were in mufti mixed with patients. The nurses were seen trying to convince the patients to stay until they were attended to by the doctors.

Further probe revealed that doctors working in the hospital and some nurses were in a close-door meeting with a team of medical doctors who came from Lagos.

A source told the report*er that the medical team from Lagos, brought some medical equipment, which they were using to test the staff. They were also said to be counseling the staff on the dreaded Ebola vi*rus.

A nurse, who spoke to the reporter on the condi*tion of anonymity con*firmed that patients were still visiting the hospital, contrary to the information making the rounds that it had been shut by the gov*ernment. He said Dr Ene*muo did not visit the hospi*tal throughout the time he was treating the diplomat.

?We became worried, we were calling him on phone, asking him what went wrong. He told us he was sick and the next thing we heard was that he was dead,? she said.

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http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=79376

 

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I think I agree:

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles...fficial-may-face-manslaughter-charges/187726/

Ebola in Rivers, ECOWAS Official May Face Manslaughter Charges

30 Aug 2014
By James Emejo

The Nigerian diplomat attached to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Olubukun Koye who escaped from quarantine in Lagos after testing positive to Ebola virus and travelled to Port Harcourt for treatment, an action that resulted in the death of the doctor who treated him (Iyke Enemuo) may face manslaughter charges.

This is coming on the heels of report that the number of persons under surveillance in the state for Ebola Virus Disease has increased from 100 to 160.

Sources told THISDAY that the issue of Koye (a primary contact of the index case, late Liberian Patrick Sawyer) who defied instruction not to leave Lagos after being placed in the isolation unit, was discussed at the Federal Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday and that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Mohammed Adoki was directed to look into the Nigerian laws and see how he could be sanctioned for his action that resulted in the death of Enemuo.

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As expected, Dr. Enemuo' wife is confirmed:

http://leadership.ng/news/382473/ebola-berths-port-harcourt-widow-dead-doctor-tests-positive


As Ebola Berths In Port Harcourt: Widow Of Dead Doctor Tests Positive

Anayo Onukwugha
? Aug 30, 2014 | 4 Comments

The widow of Dr Ikechukwu Sam Enemuo, who died in Port Harcourt last week after treating a diplomat who had contact with the primary contact, Mr Patrick Sawyer, has tested positive to the Ebola virus disease.

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Parker also revealed that the late Dr Iyke Enemuo, who died of Ebola disease, last week Friday, in Port Harcourt was aware that Olu Ibikunle Koye, a Nigerian diplomat, working with the Economic Community of West Arican States (ECOWAS), was a carrier of the Ebola virus.
Speaking further, Parker said, ?He (Koye) had received the late Dr Patrick Sawyer (the Liberian-American who transmitted the virus) in Lagos. Upon developing the symptom, he confided in a female colleague, called Lillian, who contacted the late Dr Enemuo.
?It was after contact was established with Dr. Enemuo that Olu Ibikunle Koye flew to Port Harcourt to see Dr Enemuo,? he said.
According to the health commissioner, to conceal his movement, Koye, who had been quarantined along with other people for having primary contact with Sawyer, sneaked out of the isolation unit and took a flight to Port Harcourt and switched off his phone so that he cannot be reached or traced.
Parker said, on arrival in Port Harcourt, Koye obfuscated being traced, checked into a Mandate Gardens, a local hotel in the Rumunokoro area in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, within the vicinity where Enemuo?s private health facility, Sam Steel Clinic, was located.
?From what we have gathered so far, Dr Enemuo, knowing full well that Koye was positive of the Ebola virus, took some measures of precaution to protect himself while treating Koye.
?Knowing the enormity of what he was doing, Dr Enemuo, upon Koye?s departure for Lagos, poured bleach all over the room that Koye slept in order to sanitise the place.
?Upon developing the Ebola symptom, Dr Enemuo approached one of our colleagues for treatmemt at Green Heart Hospital, along Evboh Road, in the GRA. Dr Enemuo did not tell the doctor that was treating him the truth. He merely told him that he had fever. He lied. He did not tell the doctor that was treating him his full story.
?But the doctor, a nice and conscientious professional, suspected that Dr Enemuo was either hiding something or was suffering from a strange ailment because he proved negative to malaria, fever and typhoid fever.
?To be sure of what he was doing, he spoke to other very experienced doctors about the strange case he was handling in his hospital. He even invited some of his colleagues to come over to his hospital to study Dr Enemuo?s medical history.
?Of course, the news of the Ebola virus was everywhere. So, they were afraid to go. None of them showed up at the hospital where Dr Enemuo was being treated. His condition continued to deteriorate and he eventually died and his body was taken to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH),? he said.
The Commissioner for Health further said when news got to Koye that the doctor that treated him in Port Harcourt had died, he collapsed and it was then that he opened up and confessed that Enemuo had treated him when he travelled to Port Harcourt.:tiphat:http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-...urveillance-late-doctor-s-wife-moved-to-lagos

 

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It is pretty scary that there is obviously some motivation by those infected to dodge the system. We found out about this one (and the sister). What was the motivation for hiding here??? I don't understand what it could be. Very confused. This was Nigeria, not Liberia. Is there no confidence even in Nigeria? A hotel room is better than a hospital?

 

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Apparently getting Ebola, even if you survive it, is very socially stigmatizing. What amazes me is that a doctor colluded with this behavior.

 

[JimO]

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It seems that denial plays a significant role in motivating some people to hide their condition. The prospects are so bleak and the initial symptoms are probably mild enough that some people likely refuse to believe they have ebola until it's too late. I can't think of anything else that would explain why someone with early ebola symptoms, especially those in the medical profession, would risk exposing their friends, family, and colleagues. I'm convinced that the Senegalese immunologist who worked with the CDC employee while exhibiting symptoms could not have believed that he had ebola. Clearly the CDC employee must not have believed it either. Even Mr. Sawyer seemed to refuse to believe he had ebola based on his reported behavior.

 

[AnnaLisa]

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I agree. Your analysis seems very reasonable. I also do think, that when confronted with such a serious diagnosis, people just tend to 'run'. Run to somewhere they are not.

 

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Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/three-patients-now-in-ebola-treatment-centre-rivers/

Three patients now in Ebola treatment centre ? Rivers
August 31, 2014 by Simon Utebor

Rivers State Government has said three Ebola patients have been moved to the state?s quarantine centre at Oduoha in Emohua Local Government Area of the state.

The state?s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, made this known at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Sunday.

Parker said those taken to the treatment centre were a pharmacist at Sam Steel Hospital, doctor working with late Dr. Iyke Sam Enemuo and a nurse at Good Heart Hospital, where Enemuo allegedly died.

Sam Steel Hospital is owned by late Enemuo while he died at Good Heart Hospital.

However, he said the patients had not been confirmed, stressing that the government was awaiting the result of their tests by Sunday.

As for the wife of deceased doctor, the commissioner said Mrs. Enemuo, who tested positive for the virus was still stable in Lagos.

The commissioner said, ?I have been telling you before now that almost 200 persons have been line-traced. Out of this number, we are still to be in touch with about 60 of them...

 

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http://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/widow-nigerias-sixth-ebola-victim-also-has-virus-state-govt

Widow of Nigeria's sixth Ebola victim also has virus: state govt



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08/31/2014 11:31 GMT

PORT HARCOURT, August 31, 2014 (AFP) - The widow of a doctor who died from Ebola in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday.

Rivers State health commissioner Sampson Parker said test results showed the woman had the disease, which claimed the life of her husband, Ike Enemuo, on August 22.

Enemuo fell ill and died after treating an official from the ECOWAS regional bloc who travelled to Port Harcourt after having contact with a Liberian man who brought the virus into Nigeria.

The doctor was the sixth to die from the virus in Nigeria and the first outside Lagos, raising fears about the spread of the haemmorhagic fever just as it was thought to have been contained.

Sampson said three patients -- another doctor, a pharmacist and a woman who had contact with Enemuo at the hospital where he died -- had been taken to a specialist treatment centre outside the city.

Enemuo's widow was at an isolation unit in Lagos, he added.

"They have not been confirmed (as having Ebola) and we are waiting for the result of the investigation," he told a news conference.

Some 200 primary and secondary contacts have been traced, although about 60 had yet to be spoken to, he added. None of them had shown symptoms, he said.

"We are concentrating on the names we have to capture in our (monitoring) activities but the good news is that we have been making good progress in checking the spread of Ebola," he said.

Parker said early detection and treatment was vital, appealing for anyone who had contact with Enemuo, his clinic, the ECOWAS official or the hotel where he stayed to contact them immediately.

Of the 15 confirmed cases in Ebola, seven of the patients recovered, the government in Abuja has said.

The ECOWAS official is also thought to have recovered.

Nigeria is one of five countries in West Africa hit by Ebola, although the majority of the more than 1,500 deaths since the start of the year have been in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

 

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Widow of Nigerian Ebola victim also has virus

Widow of Nigerian Ebola victim also has virus

News24
2014-08-31 14:40

Port Harcourt - The widow of a doctor who died from Ebola in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday.

Rivers State health commissioner Sampson Parker said test results showed the woman had the disease, which claimed the life of her husband, Ike Enemuo, on 22 August...

http://www.news24.com/

 

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Sorry, folks, full URL is here:
http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Widow-of-Nigerian-Ebola-victim-also-has-virus-20140831

 

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Except for the case confirmed today (and his wife confirmed yesterday), the other two suspects have been discarded:

http://www.punchng.com/news/ph-elderly-woman-tests-positive-for-ebola/?

PH elderly woman tests positive for Ebola

September 2, 2014 by Sunday Aborisade, Friday Olokor and Chukwudi Akasike 1 Comment

One of the three persons taken to the Ebola virus quarantine centre in Oduoha, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, has tested positive for the disease.

The latest case, an elderly woman, contracted the virus in Good Heart Hospital, the health facility where Iyke Enemuo, the doctor who treated a Nigerian ECOWAS diplomat, Koye Olu-Ibukun, died last week.

The two others ? a doctor and a pharmacist ? tested negative. Even though they had been released from the centre, another round of tests will however be carried out to reconfirm their status.

The doctor and the pharmacist are members of staff of Sam Steel Clinic, a health facility founded by Enemuo.

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(Enemuo's sister is the only suspect case on my list in Rivers state now, and there are no probable cases and 3 confirmed. I have no recent suspect or probable cases on my list in Lagos either, but there is one probable case that died and one suspect case that recovered from early August that were never confirmed or discarded. I now have 17 confirmed, 1 probable, and 2 suspect cases for Nigeria at this point. - alert)

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Nigeria: Doctor Enemuo's Sister Quarantined

1 SEPTEMBER 2014

Port Harcourt ? The sister of late Dr Iyke Enemuo who died of the Ebola virus in Port Harcourt has been sent to the Ebola quarantine centre in Emohua local government area, Rivers state.

Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker who made this known Monday said she had to be sent there because she showed symptoms of the disease, adding that result of the Ebola test done on her would be released later in the day.

The Commissioner said the two other staff of the SamStel clinic owned by the late Dr Enemuo who were quarantined had been released because result of the Ebola test conducted on them showed that they were negative, adding that only one Ebola confirmed case was at the centre.

"Sister of Dr Iyke Enemuo who went to Abia State, we have brought her back. She is symptomanic and we have sent her to the quarantined centre.

The three cases we had at the quarantine centre, two tested negative while one, an elderly lady who was in the same room with the late Dr Enemuo at the hospital where he was admitted tested positive. The two cases who tested negative were the doctor and Pharmacist at the late Dr Enemuo hospital. They have Left the quarantine centre but we are still watching them within the 21 days period.", he said.

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