First Ebola suspect in Latin America

THE FIRST suspected Ebola case in Latin America was admitted to a hospital in Santiago Chile on Sunday October 12. He was a man of 54 who came to Chile from Africa a week ago .

Chile’s Ministry of Health said he has alleged symptoms of Ebola.
“According to established protocols, the patient was immediately isolated to assess his health and prevent potential situations of contagion in the hospital,” the statement said.
The man, whose initials are JGF, entered the emergency room in Barros Luco hospital in the south of Santiago, with “flu-like symptoms” at (1530 GMT), and the first record indicates he was in Africa between June 9 and October 5, before returning to Chile via Spain.
The patient was in Equatorial Guinea, “where there are officially recorded cases of Ebola,” the statement stressed.
After admission, the hospital immediately activated the protocols agreed with the World Health Organization, and was declared as a “Public Health Event of International Importance.
Many relatives of other patients, who were taken out of the emergency room waited outside of the hospital.
First Ebola suspect in Latin America
THE FIRST suspected Ebola case in Latin America was admitted to a hospital in Santiago Chile on Sunday October 12. He was a man of 54 who came to Chile from Africa a week ago .
Chile’s Ministry of Health said he has alleged symptoms of Ebola.
“According to established protocols, the patient was immediately isolated to assesshis health and prevent potential situations of contagion in the hospital,” the statement said.
The man, whose initials are JGF, entered the emergency room in Barros Luco hospital in the south of Santiago, with “flu-like symptoms” at (1530 GMT), and the first record indicates he was in Africa between June 9 and October 5, before returning to Chile via Spain.
The patient was in Equatorial Guinea, “where there are officially recorded cases of Ebola,” the statement stressed.
After admission, the hospital immediately activated the protocols agreed with the World Health Organization, and was declared as a “Public Health Event of International Importance.
Many relatives of other patients, who were taken out of the emergency room waited outside of the hospital.