UCTH (University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital)
ten persons has been
quarantined following the death of a patient in the hospital on Wednesday with suspected
Ebola symptoms.
Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of
the hospital Queeneth Kalu made the revelation on Thursday in Calabar while
addressing pressmen said blood samples have been sent to the Ebola
Diagnosing Centre in Benin Edo State .
“On
7th October, 2015 , we managed a patient
who presented with symptoms mimicking viral hemorrhage (Ebola Virus) and have
decided to take the necessary measures”.
Dr. Kalu stated that
those quarantined are principally nurses who attended to the patient and those who
came in contact with him before his death.
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