Jinja Ebola suspects test negative

By Moses Nampala Tests of blood samples taken from the three Ebola suspects admitted last week to Jinja Hospital, were found negative. The hospital superintendent, Dr. Benon Wanume, said the patients who have since recovered but had been held in an isolation ward pending the results, were discharged yesterday. "I received the results of the blood test from Lacor Hospital this morning, but there were no Ebola viruses found in the blood "Samples were taken from the three Ebola suspects. However, the tests concluded that the patients were suffering from dysentery," he said. Wanume said although the patients had since responded to treatment dispensed to patients suffering from diarrhoea and dysentery, the hospital authority had decided to study them as they waited for the results. "Since this is a strange epidemic, we could not ignore the benefit of doubt although the patients had responded to the treatment," he added. However, he said one of the patients who recovered fast had been discharged on Saturday. The patients were admitted to Jinja hospital on December 7 on suspicion that they had Ebola because they had diarrhoea mixed with blood. Ends.