Zimbabwe, Harare. – The rumour circulating amongst Zimbabweans worldwide that the first case of Ebola was being kept secret at Parirenyatwa hospital was dismissed by the Parirenyatwa Group of hospitals in a press statement issued on Wednesday.
The Press statement read:
Be assured that the hospital did not at any time detect any Ebola cases.
Patients are screened in line with the set protocol of the Ministry of Health and Child Care regarding Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) management.
Tents have been availed to screen patients before they are attended to at Accident and Emergency Department and Outpatients Department respectively.
If any suspect cases are identified they will be transferred to an isolation centre at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital.
A patient who caused an alarm was brought in by an ambulance. He was examined by two Doctors with special training in Ebola case detection.
The two doctors were satisfied that the patient was not an Ebola case.
The wife who had a history of travelling to DR Congo had far exceeded the Ebola incubation period of 21 days, since she arrived back into the country on August 18 2014. She exhibited no symptoms of the disease. The husband did not have any history of travel to any of the affected areas.
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