Ebola outbreak in West Africa has now possibly spread to SPAIN (google translation) 06/24/2014 The arrival of a patient suspected of having Ebola virus has forced change for the first time and the protocol preemptively against this disease at the Hospital La Fe de Valencia. The activation occurred Monday night, when a man entered from a flight from an African country. Health workers, ambulance drivers and orderlies who came into contact with the patient had to wear special suits, because this infectious disease is highly contagious and lethal. Sources confirmed to 20minutes center that the Department of Health activated Monday dawn preventively action protocol in suspected Ebola virus. This is a patient whose clinical picture could correspond to the disease, although not yet is confirmed or ruled out. The same sources added that doctors are waiting for the test results, which have been sent to be analyzed. Till then can not be confirmed or denied the case, they are asking for prudence. Other sources say the patient was entered into the hospital by the loading dock and not the emergency door. Possible infected Tuesday was clinically stable in an isolation area with important safety and hygiene awaiting the results of the analyzes carried out by doctors at the hospital measures. The Hospital La Fe is the reference health center of Valencia and one of the most important in Spain. After 40 years in the old facilities in the Valencia neighborhood of Campana, in late 2010 he moved to a new modern complex Malilla, south of the city of Valencia. 20minutos.es/noticia/2175883/0/virus-ebola/protocolo-hospital/valencia/
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:19:59 +0000
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