The patient, identified as Tasavvur Hussain, has been kept at an isolation ward in the hospital. However, he is not being observed by doctors as kits for protection of doctors are not available.
Hailing from Chakwal, Hussain returned from Uganda last month and was shifted from Shifa International Hospital to PIMS today.
According to initial reports, the patient has been isolated as a precaution owing to symptoms similar to that of Ebola, even though he has returned from Uganda which is not an Ebola-infected country.
This is the third suspected Ebola case in Pakistan. Yesterday, less than an hour after landing at Jinnah International Airport on Monday morning, 47-year-old Muhammad Haroon was rushed to the hospital. The airport’s health officials were certain he had the Ebola virus.
Haroon arrived in Karachi at 6:25am via Qatar Airways from Monrovia – the capital of Liberia, one of the West African countries hit hardest by the outbreak of the Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Sources claimed that Haroon, who works as a sales person for an electric generator store, had a fever when he landed.
His blood samples have been sent to specialised laboratories abroad.
Further, last week, Zulfiqar Ahmed, 40, from Chiniot was taken to the hospital in critical condition and was kept under isolation as doctors feared that he had contracted the virus during his visit to the Togolese Republic in West Africa.
Ahmed died a day after he was admitted to the hospital. His blood samples, however, showed that he did not have Ebola but died due to Hepatitis C and Dengue.
Ebola virus has infected over 15,000 people in West Africa since it was first reported in Guinea in March, according to the WHO. Although the number of cases in Liberia appears to be falling, Sierra Leone and Guinea are witnessing a steep rise in the number people who are newly infected. Mali is currently fighting its second outbreak.
Ebola virus disease, formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. It is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through direct contact with bodily fluids of an infected patient.
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not a single case of ebola virus reported in uganda since so be responsible n think before what you are saying
@unbelievable: The government sun hospital don't even have latex gloves due to corruption by lower staff usually. Many infections are secondarily transferred by the staff and doctors themselves as single gloves are worn throughout examination of many patients. I have personally seen this happening and the doctor is more concerned in saving himself rather than the patient. Some privately purchase gloves just in case the patient is a Hep B or C or HIV positive.
Its just Plastic & Bleach What you need! That is to cover yourself completely and must be done with another's help to look for openings. Must not get patient's fluids on your skin, hair, eyes, nails etc. Must "Practice your suite" first with a wet Red or White bright jelly like substance painted on it to see if you transfer that on your body during "taking the suit" off. "Do not wipe" hair or face by hand, soon after taking off the suit. "No matter how sweaty" you are". "Burn appropriately" all belongings from the patient e.g, The body fluids & his clothes, bed sheet etc. Don't shake or aerate that stuff. Don't leave the dirty work for janitors. They transfer the virus back to you thru their public encounter. You need lots of plastic sheetings & bags and large drums. Depose properly all suspected or soiled plastic, "no recycle here" please. Blood therapy of patient must be started AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Every passing day the patient chances gets bleaker.
The standard of hygiene, awareness and implementation of protocols and procedures, and general lack of profressionalism across the board, puts Pakistan at great risk.
I am really worried and pray for Pakistan
I see you jokers are at it again - spreading panic before anything is proved. FYI Uganda has NO ebola cases reported. Its limited to three countries in Africa: Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
"However, he is not being observed by doctors as kits for protection of doctors are not available." . The govt has had several high profile meetings to discuss Ebola - talked about implementing health checks at the airport - but doesn't have isolation equipment for Doctors. That about sum it up. The term criminal negligence comes to mind. God help Pakistan if Ebola ever starts to spread.