EBOLA Possible Ebola case in St. Louis

[marymonde]

I'm at work and passed by a tv. Reporter said possible case of Ebola in StL. People that were in contact with person at low risk of getting it.

Anyone out there have a link yet? I don't have time to look. Thx

 

[Lilbitsnana]

I'm at work and passed by a tv. Reporter said possible case of Ebola in StL. People that were in contact with person at low risk of getting it.

Anyone out there have a link yet? I don't have time to look. Thx

I posted it a while ago on the main ebola thread.

Here:

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...AD-11-16-14-to-11-30-14&p=5446050#post5446050

Missouri

Ebola ‏@FollowEbola 8m8 minutes ago

Patient being evaluated for possible #Ebola infection at Jefferson County hospital. http://zpr.io/qGB8

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http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/h...77e5f3b83.html

Patient being evaluated for possible Ebola infection at Jefferson County hospital
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1 hour ago • From staff reports


CRYSTAL CITY • Mercy Hospital Jefferson is treating a person who is possibly infected with Ebola, officials confirmed.

The patient recently returned from West Africa, according to Mercy spokeswoman Bethany Pope.

The patient is considered low risk and is in isolation in a separate facility used for outpatient surgery on the hospital campus.

The hospital is working in collaboration with the Jefferson County Health Department.

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are aware of the situation, according to a federal official.

The laboratory test to confirm if the patient has Ebola takes four to six hours, said Dr. Nirav Patel, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at St. Louis University. The testing will occur at a lab in Jefferson City, Patel and a federal official confirmed. Jefferson City is more than a two-hour drive from the hospital's campus.

The hospital, about 35 miles south of downtown St. Louis, is at 1400 Highway 61 South and has 251-beds.

The hospital is part of the Chesterfield-based Catholic health care system Mercy Health. The health system operates 32 acute care hospitals in four states.

 

[dstraito]

Need to send them out to the protest

 

[marymonde]

Thank you!

 

[Blacknarwhal]

Need to send them out to the protest

Yeah, that was the first thing that came to mind for me. What great timing; a protest guaranteed to draw gibsmedats like free Air Jordans and boom--ebola right in the middle of it. You know they'll take it home to highly-concentrated populations and spread it like no tomorrow.

 

[Hawkgirl_70]

This is very, very CLOSE to me.

And..... my father had complications from an outpatient surgery procedure there last Tuesday, and finally got to come home yesterday. He was in the hospital for 8 days total.

They didn't say what day they admitted the possible Ebola patient, but my father was in the Outpatient facility 3x in 8 days even though he was admitted as a patient while they were doing corrective minor surgeries.

I haven't told my parents yet. But we were all 3 in and around the outpatient, the ER, which is connected to it, the food court, and on the 5th floor many times during that time.
We basically lived there except for going home at dark.
It's an hour from our homes.

 

[brokenwings]

Oh my Hawkgirl70! I'll remember you and your parents in my prayers! This is too close to home! I bet there has already been cases but we weren't told anyway.

 

[Adino]

no worries

we've got the best ebola czar in the world

and the cdc

its all good in the hood

 

[Plain Jane]

Hawkgirl 70- WOW, I will pray that the results are negative for this patient!