A Texas Deputy from Frisco, Texas, who was ordered to enter Patient Zero´s
apartment in spite of his objections, was admitted to
hospital over Ebola concerns. As of right now he´s being tested, but the case
isn´t confirmed.
Dallas Area map, Frisco is shown in
red letters to the North of the city.
From USA today:
The patient was identified as Sgt.
Michael Monning, a deputy who accompanied Dallas County health officials
Zachary Thompson and Christopher Perkins into the apartment where Thomas Eric
Duncan stayed in Dallas.
The deputy was ordered to go inside the unit with officials to get a
quarantine order signed. No one who went inside the unit that day wore protective gear, and Monning had objected strenuously to that
decision.
The Frisco CareNow is located on
Main Street in this suburb about 20 miles north of Dallas. Patients were being
held inside the clinic as crews at the scene examined staff and others inside
the building.
Police and fire units surrounded the
facility, initially taping off a gray sport-utility vehicle Monning owns.
"We are being very cautious and
are in contact with the health department to ensure we follow proper
protocol," said Vicki Johns of CareNow. "Our concern is for the
safety and well being of everyone in our clinic."
Monnig said he was feeling sick to
his stomach before his visit to the clinic, according to Christopher Dyer of
the Dallas County Sheriff's Association.
Monnig's son, London Monnig, said
his father did not mean to cause a panic Wednesday. London Monnig said his
father did not have a fever when he went to the clinic. He said his father was
simply not feeling well Wednesday morning.
Ebola patient in Dallas hospital
dies. Patient Zero, Thomas Duncan, died earlier Wednesday at
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital where he had been hospitalized with Ebola
since Sept. 28. He arrived Sept. 20 in the United States from Monrovia,
Liberia.
Later: Frisco Ebola suspect taken to
Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Wednesday afternoon.
Christopher Dyer, president of the
Dallas County Sheriff's Association informed the public: "I'm
being told that he's not exhibiting classic signs of the Ebola virus. It's just
a matter that he doesn't feel well, and because he had contact with Mr.
Duncan's apartment, they're taking every precaution."
That view was echoed by Frisco Fire
Department Chief Mark Piland. "This patient was not experiencing all of
those [Ebola] symptoms, just a few," he said. "Based upon screening
criteria from the CDC, the treatment tends to be a little bit more conservative
at first."
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