PORT HARCOURT: Sister of late Dr Iyke
Enemuo who tested positive to the dreaded
Ebola disease has been discharged at the
Port Harcourt treatment centre.
Rivers state Commissioner of Health, Dr
Sampson Parker who disclosed this Monday
morning in Port Harcourt said the patient
later tested negative after she went through
treatment at the centre,

” I am cheerful today because we have
successfully treated an Ebola patient from
our centre. She was positive and treated.
She is now negative and discharged to the
community,”
After much pressure from media men the
Commissioner, Dr Parker confirmed that the
patient who was treated and discharged is
the sister of the late Dr Enemuo who took ill
after the brother died. ” The sister of the late
doctor is well and has been discharged. We
should celebrate her. She nursed her
brother when he was down. She is one
person you can admit into your house now
because she is fine. She will not give you
Ebola. She is clear, she is immune and she
cant have Ebola”, he said.
Meantime, the Commissioner said an
eighteen months old infant had been
admitted at the treatment centre, adding
that the child had not tested positive. “We
have another admission, an infant, 18
months, is not yet tested”, he said.
He said the Health Ministry would
successfully establish contact with the 479
persons on its list for surveillance before the
end of the day, adding that 94 percent of
them had already been traced.
The Commissioner, Dr Parker expressed the
hope that by next week Ebola would be a
thing of the past. “We need this week and
next week to watch. “, he said.
He further appealed to the people not to see
Ebola as a death sentence, saying it could be
treated if detected early

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