Ebola Scare today at University of Calabar Teaching Hospital as suspect dies of Haemorrhagic fever

Cross River state may have recorded it's first victim of Ebola as a patient who was brought into the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital died today after symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus manifested before he died.The accident and emergency ward of Hospital was quarantined and has been shut down following the Ebola Virus scare.
According to hospital sources, after the death, the accident and emergency ward was quarantined in order to curtail and suspicion.

“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,” a source said. This was also confirmed by he Deputy Chief Medical Director of UCTH, Queenet Kalu

She said, “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.”