Suspected Ebola Case at Masaka Hospital Escaped Isolation in Mubende refferal hospital

Hospital authorities at the Masaka Regional Refferal Hospital have revealed that the Ebola suspect hospitalized had escaped from the isolation ward in the Mubende facility.

The male patient reported to the hospital emergency ward on Monday for treatment after presenting with symptoms related to ebola.

According to Doctor Edwin Okello, the in-charge of the Epidemiology Ward in Masaka says the suspect and two other colleagues fled the isolation unit where they were placed for monitoring as contacts to a confirmed case.

The trio reportedly boarded a taxi plying the Mubende-Sembabule-Masaka road until the town, before each went to separate destinations.

Dr. Okello says his samples and those from five other suspected cases have been taken to the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe for further analysis.

“We now call upon the communities to be extra vigilant and report any unusual symptoms to the health authorities such that our teams can respond to them. He says.

Last week, hospital authorities in Mubende revealed that seven suspected cases placed under isolation had escaped from the referral hospital to unknown destinations.

On Tuesday, a 23-year-old man health worker in Kagadi after presenting with symptoms of the deadly disease at St. Ambrose Charity Health Center IV

Keefa Madira, the senior Clinical officer at Kagadi Hospital who doubles as the head of Ebola case management in Kagadi said that the deceased has been a Health Care Worker attached to one of the private clinics in Kakumiro district.

According to Madira, the deceased traveled to Mubende district and returned to Rugashali town council in Kagadi.

President Museveni will on Wednesday September 23, address the nation on issues of national importance.

This was revealed by the Senior Presidential Press Secretary, Sandor Walusimbi,on Tuesday who said the national address will be aired live on all TVs and radios starting at 8 pm.

Walusimbi says the national address by the President will update the country on issues of national importance including the recent outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD).

According to the Ministry of Health, Uganda has an overall Ebola death toll of 23 while the cumulative cases stand at 36, including confirmed probable cases, that have been recorded the outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever was declared in Mubende district on September 20th.

Ebola presents with high body temperatures, fatigue, chest pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, unexplained bleeding, yellowing of the eyes.

It spreads through contact with the blood, stool or fluids of an infected person and objects that have been contaminated with body fluids from an infected person.

One can also contract the disease through contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as fruit bats and other wild animals.