Ebola: another patient raises doubts in Montreal- tests Negative

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Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal placed a patient in isolation to conduct tests and make sure it did not contract Ebola, said the facility in a release Saturday.
The patient, who has symptoms of a fever, stayed in one of Africa's western regions, where the disease wreaked havoc in recent months.
"The authorities consider that it is very probable that it is a case of Ebola since the patient did not have all the criteria of infection, but want to eliminate any doubt as to a possible infection" may reads the statement.
This is not the first possible case of Ebola infection to be supported by the Canadian health authorities since the beginning of the crisis in the West Africa. Tests conducted there two weeks on a patient quarantined in Brampton, Ontario, in the end were negative.
The latest report of the World Health Organization indicates that the epidemic has killed 1,427 in West Africa so far.:tiphat:https://translate.google.com/transl...e-ebola-maisonneuve-rosemont.shtml&edit-text=

 

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Re: Ebola: another patient raises doubts in Montreal

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Montreal patient being tested for Ebola virus

By The Canadian Press on August 23, 2014
MONTREAL - A patient has been placed in isolation at a Montreal hospital after showing symptoms consistent with the often deadly Ebola virus.
The director of infectious diseases at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital says the man recently returned from Guinea, one of the West African countries hit by an outbreak of the virus.
Dr. Karl Weiss says test samples have been sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
Weiss says the hospital has followed a strict protocol and other patients aren't at risk.
Earlier this month a patient at a hospital in Brampton, Ont. was also placed in isolation over fear the person had contracted the virus, but ended up testing negative.
More than 1,400 people have died so far in the largest Ebola outbreak on record.:tiphat:http://blackburnnews.com/bri-national/2014/08/23/montreal-patient-being-tested-for-ebola-virus/

 

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Re: Ebola: another patient raises doubts in Montreal

The Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital advises that one of his patients who stayed in one of Africa's western regions where rampant Ebola was placed in isolation on Friday.

Although this patient showed symptoms of fever, it is very unlikely, officials of public health, whether it is a case of Ebola because "the patient did not have any criteria infection, "it said in the press release of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, released Saturday.

The Hospital will analyze samples taken from the patient and will release the findings as they become available.:tiphat:http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/montreal/archives/2014/08/20140823-112543.html

 

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Re: Ebola: another patient raises doubts in Montreal

Re: Ebola: another patient raises doubts in Montreal

A patient has been quarantined at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital as a precaution after they exhibited some ? but not all ? of the signs of Ebola.The patient recently returned from a trip to West Africa and had a fever.


Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital quarantined the patient after they came back from West Africa exhibiting some symptoms of Ebola. (Radio-Canada)

The hospital issued a statement on Saturday morning saying that it had quarantined the patient as a precaution, although they believe the chances of the person actually having Ebola are quite slim.
Dr. Karl Weiss, chief of the hospital?s infectious diseases department, said the patient?s tests are being run through a lab in Winnipeg. He said the results would be announced as soon as they are returned to Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.
"You can't take any chance, so this is what happened with someone who just returned from Guinea within the last 21 days, came to the hospital with fever and other general symptoms ? non-specific symptoms ? and because of that we have no choice but to put in place a certain protocol and make sure," Weiss said.
He would not reveal any details about the patient, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.
Public health officials said they are following the possible cases of Ebola in Quebec very closely and that they have asked the entire health care network to be vigilant in identifying signs of the viral infection.:tiphat:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ed-at-maisonneuve-rosemont-hospital-1.2744915

 

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Re: Ebola: another patient raises doubts in Montreal- tests Negative

Source: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health...after+returning+from+West/10143774/story.html

Ebola virus tests come back negative for Montreal hospital patient
The Canadian Press 08.22.2014

MONTREAL - Tests have come back negative for a Montreal hospital patient suspected of having the often deadly Ebola virus.

The man had recently returned from Guinea, one of the West African countries hit by an Ebola outbreak...