{"id":49274,"date":"2014-09-20T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=49274"},"modified":"2014-09-20T15:18:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T15:18:25","slug":"suspected-achimota-ebola-case-proves-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/suspected-achimota-ebola-case-proves-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Achimota Ebola case proves negative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tests conducted on blood samples of a suspected Ebola patient who visited the Achimota Hospital have proved negative.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected Ebola patient, who is a Nigerian, sought medical attention at the health facility on September 14<sup>th<\/sup> with <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/08\/12\/37-suspected-ebola-cases-tested-negative-ghs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>symptoms of hemorrhagic fever.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;z9bjPDY873HclbPtZRWQ4NcQyeoGpN2U&#8221;]The situation compelled hospital authorities to isolate the patient for further examination of any Ebola infection.<\/p>\n<p>The patient\u2019s blood samples were subsequently taken to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research for testing.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the status of the patient to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Administrator of the Achimota Hospital, Atindaana Nsobilla said the patient has been treated and discharged.<\/p>\n<p>He said the hospital received the results \u201cbefore 2pm on Monday and the results were negative for the Ebola virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, before the results were in, the patient had improved tremendously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust after we received the results and it was negative, we discharged him to continue treatment so we believe that he should be doing very well wherever he is by now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has so far, investigated 38 suspected Ebola cases which have all tested negative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tests conducted on blood samples of a suspected Ebola patient who visited the Achimota Hospital have proved negative. 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