S.C.: Police: Tuberculosis Patient Walked Away from Hospital

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Source: http://www.wltx.com/news/article/245259/2/Police-Tuberculosis-Patient-Walked-Away-from-Hospital


Police: Tuberculosis Patient Walked Away from Hospital
5:16 PM, Aug 7, 2013

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - The Department of Health and Environmental Control and law enforcement are searching for a tuberculosis patient who walked away from the hospital.

Richland County deputies identify the man as 57-year-old Louis Rainone. They say they are actively searching for him, and that he is highly contagious.

According to deputies, Rainone is homeless, so it's unclear where he might have gone. They add that he'd been receiving treatment since May...

 

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Re: S.C.: Police: Tuberculosis Patient Walked Away from Hospital

Source: http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2013/08/08/1274798?sac=fo.local

Published: 06:07 PM, Thu Aug 08, 2013
Robeson County officials determining who came in contact with tuberculosis patient
By Nancy McCleary
Staff writer

LUMBERTON - A man with infectious tuberculosis who walked out of a South Carolina hospital this week is now being treated at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, a health official said today.

County health authorities believe Louis Rainone, 57, had limited contact with people between leaving a Columbia, S.C., hospital Tuesday afternoon and arriving at Southeastern by ambulance on Wednesday, said Tracy Jones, epidemiology supervisor with the Health Department...

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Source: http://www.wltx.com/news/article/245384/2/DHEC-TB-Patient-Found-In-NC-Hitched-A-Ride


DHEC: TB Patient Found In NC Hitched A Ride
5:05 PM, Aug 8, 2013 |
Columbia, SC (WLTX) - DHEC is releasing more details on Louis Rainone, a man they say is carrying the infectious tuberculosis disease.

Court documents show Rainone walked out of Palmetto Richland Tuesday after refusing to take medications, not staying in his room, and not wearing a mask...