The accident and emergency ward of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital has been shut down following an Ebola Virus scare.
The scare was as a result of the death of a patient, who passed on at about 2pm on Wednesday, after symptoms related to the deadly EVD manifested before he gave up the ghost.
It was learnt that the patient, whose identity could not be ascertained, was brought in from Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State on Tuesday with high body temperature while he was at the time, vomiting, stooling and bleeding from nose.
The Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital, Dr. Queeneth Kalu, made the revelation at a press conference and said necessary steps have been taken to contain the spread of the suspected viral disease.
She said the blood samples have been sent to the Ebola Diagnosing Centre in Benin Edo State for proper diagnosis. It is possible the patient could have died of any Haemorrhagic fever. The National Centre for Disease Control, the Federal Ministry of Health and the Cross River State Government as well as the Department of State Services have been informed of the development.
The accident and emergency ward has been quarantined in order to curtail any suspicion. Those quarantined included nine nurses, one doctor, four health workers and one patient who attended to the patient and those who came in contact with him before his death.
Latest reports reveal that those isolated have not been communicated with or given any food in the last 24 hours. The isolated persons are even threatening to set themselves free if nothing was done soon.
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