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Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital | Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital |
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A healthcare worker who has just returned from West Africa has been diagnosed with Ebola and is being treated in hospital in Glasgow. | |
The patient, who arrived from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, is in isolation at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital. | |
All possible contacts with the case are being investigated. The patient will be transferred to high level isolation in London as soon as possible. | |
Sources told the BBC the Ebola case involved a female aid worker. | Sources told the BBC the Ebola case involved a female aid worker. |
NHS Scotland said infectious diseases procedures had been put into effect at the Brownlee Unit for Infectious Diseases at Gartnavel. | |
The patient returned to Scotland from Sierra Leone late on Sunday via Casablanca and London Heathrow, arriving into Glasgow Airport on a British Airways flight at about 23:30. | |
While public health experts have emphasised that the risks are negligible, a telephone helpline has been set up for anyone who was on the Heathrow to Glasgow flight. The number is: 08000 858531 | |
The patient was admitted to hospital early in the morning after feeling unwell and was placed into isolation at 07.50. | |
What are the symptoms? | |
The early symptoms are a sudden fever, muscle pain, fatigue, headache and sore throat. | |
This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, a rash and bleeding - both internal and external - which can be seen in the gums, eyes, nose and in the stools. | |
Patients tend to die from dehydration and multiple organ failure. | |
A British Airways spokesman said: "We are working closely with the health authorities in England and Scotland and will offer assistance with any information they require. | |
"The safety and security of our customers and crew is always our top priority and the risk to people on board that individual flight is extremely low." | |
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has chaired a meeting of the Scottish Government Resilience Committee (SGoRR) and has also spoken to Prime Minister David Cameron. | |
According to UK and Scottish protocol for anyone diagnosed with Ebola, the patient will be transferred to the high level isolation unit in the Royal Free hospital, London. | |
Ms Sturgeon said: "Our first thoughts at this time must be with the patient diagnosed with Ebola and their friends and family. I wish them a speedy recovery. | |
"Scotland has been preparing for this possibility from the beginning of the outbreak in West Africa and I am confident that we are well prepared." | |
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