Braintree Patient With Ebola-Like Symptoms Transferred to Boston

[mia]

Source: www.Boston.com

A patient with Ebola-like symptoms is being taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates.

Emergency workers were on the scene at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Braintree after unconfirmed reports that a patient had been isolated, a Braintree fire department official told Boston.com.

According to Harvard Vanguard, the patient had recently traveled to Liberia and came to the facility complaining of headache and muscle aches.

Joe Zanca of Braintree Fire told The Boston Globe “Ebola protocol is in place.”


Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/10/12/braintree-hospital-isolates-patient-with-ebola-like-symptoms/BJk9dYCxIbcapX6f9CIwtN/story.html?p1=Topopage%3ATest_B%3AMain_headline

[mia]

1. “Out of an abundance of caution we immediately notified author ities and the patient

was securely removed from the building and put into an ambulance now headed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,” Ben Kruskal, chief of infectious disease at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, said in a statement. Kruskal said the patient had been to Liberia.

“The building was closed briefly but has now re-opened,” the statement said. “We are working closely with the Department of Public Health who will determine next steps.”

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/12/ebola/z3DybKoXBg0XjPO6m5yVgK/story.html

[calimary]

2. Don't bother reading the comments - unless you're ready for some disinfectant, yourself.

They're all basically blaming it on the President. REEEEEALLLY cute.

[alfie]

3. Now this one is getting crazy

The article says he came in for a prescription refill. The staff had to run after him to keep him from leaving.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. We are going many headlines of fevered patients being checked out

which is a good sign I guess.

[Chemisse]

5. It's worrisome that the man tried to avoid 'capture'.

If people are afraid to come forward when they are sick, it's going to make it pretty hard to contain the disease.

[JimDandy]

6. It read like the clinic missed the diagnosis until after he had left with his prescription,

not like he was ignoring an Ebola diagnosis in order to leave. Different interpretation without enough info.

[Chemisse]

8. Ohhh. I see. Ty.

[MADem]

7. Right in the very close proximity of a half dozen universities! A short walk from Fenway!

[Tracer]

9. Apparently, he doesn't have Ebola.

NT

[FLPanhandle]

10. This is getting silly

Everyone with a fever is suspected of Ebola now? Wait until flu season really kicks in. Half the damn country will think they have it.

[CoffeeCat]

11. So true...

Our family of four caught a cold/bad virus. We all feel horrible, look even worse than horrible and our coughing sounds like our lungs are going to come up any minute.

We don't have Ebola, but we feel as if we do. We look like we do.

Good point about cold and flu season being upon us. People who are sick could panic, as well as others who observe people coughing and hacking. That could be worsened if there are more US cases, which seems likely.

[SpartanDem]

12. No, not everyone just those have in been in the worst hit countries

which is hardly silly.

[FLPanhandle]

13. Yes it is silly

If you are worried about dying of some tropical illness, there are ten other viruses and mosquito borne illness you better worry about before working all the way down on the list to something like Ebola.

Silly reactions by people worked up by a media that earns ratings by scaring fools.