The Accident and Emergency ward of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH has been shut down following an Ebola Virus scare which resulted from the death of a patient at about 2pm on Wednesday, 7th October.

The unidentified patient who was brought in from Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State on Tuesday showed significant symptoms of the deadly Ebola Virus before he died.

He had high body temperature while he was vomiting, stooling and bleeding from nose at the same time.

A source said that the patient died shortly after body samples were taken from him for investigation adding that after the death, the accident and emergency ward was quarantined in order to curtail suspicion.

His statement:

A patient was brought in on Tuesday vomiting, stooling and bleeding from the nose and mouth. He had a high temperature. It was suspected that he had Haemorrhagic fever but it has not been confirmed. He died around 2pm and his body has been quarantined while the ward was shut down.

But another source who begged anonymity mentioned that the said patient was suspected to have died of Haemorrhagic fever. He, however said the state Ebola Emergency team was invited at about 6pm to take the sample of the dead suspect for further investigation.

When the Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee, who also doubles as the Deputy Chief Medical Director of UCTH, Dr. Queenet Kalu, was contacted, she confirmed the scare saying:

Yes, we had a patient that was suspected to have died of Haemorrhagic fever but it does not call for panic as everything is under control. There is no need for the public to be scared of EVD as it is not confirmed.

Not again.

EBOLA ozokwa??

*runs to get salt and water*

Shit