Ebola Scare: Panic In Abakaliki Teaching Hospital As Doctors, Nurses, Patients And Visitors Flee The Hospital Premises On News Of Ebola Patient In The Hospital!

Ebonyi State Government yesterday debunked rumours of an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the state.
The state was thrown into panic following the rumour that emanated from the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, of the presence of an Ebola patient in the hospital. The rumour led doctors, nurses and patients to scamper out of the hospital premises.
According to www.thenationonlingng.net, a doctor in the hospital raised the false alarm while treating a patient who was manifesting symptoms similar to Ebola.
The doctor was said to have been alarmed when he discovered that the woman recently came into the state from Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, which had recorded some cases of the disease.
“As we speak, I have left the hospital and there is serious tension and panic there. Though, we are yet to confirm the report, I believe it is not Ebola,” a doctor told correspondents.
But the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sunday Nwangele, debunked the rumours and urged the public to disregard it.
He said the patient rather had peptic ulcer and not Ebola Virus Disease as was rumoured.  He also reiterated the preparedness of the state government’s treatment team to handle any outbreak.
He said, “False alarm, it is rather a case of peptic ulcer, disregard the alarm, there is no Ebola Virus Disease in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.”
“Meanwhile, Government of Ebonyi State, through the State Ministry of Health, the Rapid Response Team and Treatment Committee are by His Grace ready to handle issues of Ebola Virus Disease in the Ebonyi State. Source: www.thenationonlingng.net

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