Ebola: Late Port Harcourt Doctor’s Sister & others Discharged

There was a glimpse of hope as to the spread of Ebola Virus in Port Harcourt when it was confirmed that the sister of the Late Doctor Iyke Samuel Enemuo [who died from complications arising from the Ebola Virus Disease] has been discharged from the isolation centre, Oduoha – Emohua.

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker made this known to newsmen in port harcourt earlier today. He made it known that Chinyere has been successfully managed and is now negative and immune to the Ebola virus.
A primary contact of index case, Mr. Patrick Sawyer and also an ECOWAS official, had evaded surveillance in the last week of July 2014 and travelled out of Lagos to Port Harcourt where he consulted with the late doctor and was allegedly secretly treated for some symptoms. After four days, following a manhunt for him, the ECOWAS official returned to Lagos by which time he was found to be without symptoms.
However, the doctor died after some days, with investigation and laboratory analysis showing that he died from EVD, which he must have contracted during the secluded treatment. As a result, several contacts have been traced, registered and placed under surveillance, including his sister, Chinyere, who has now been successfully managed and discharged.