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A man claiming to have recently traveled to Liberia in West Africa who turned up at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates urgent-care offices in Braintree this afternoon complaining of a headache, muscle aches and other Ebola-like symptoms was quarantined and has been brought to one of Boston’s top hospitals under police escort, according to multiple authorities.
“Out of an abundance of caution we immediately notified authorities and the patient was securely removed from the building and put into an ambulance now headed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The building was closed briefly but has now re-opened. We are working closely with the Department of Public Health who will determine next steps,” said Dr. Ben Kruskal, chief of infectious disease for Harvard Vanguard.
The driver of the Brewster Ambulance transporting the patient shortly before 4 p.m. was seen wearing a hazmat suit and face mask. Beth Israel is planning to hold a press conference shortly.
A second person was later brought out on a stretcher in a hazmat suit and placed in a second ambulance.
Bystander Susan Marini of Quincy said her husband Lareto — who is not the suspected Ebola case — came to Harvard Vanguard seeking treatment of a sore throat shortly before the emergency response began. He has since been allowed to leave, wearing a face mask.
“They just told him this is going to be a long process, be prepared,” said Marini, who’d run into a nearby Kmart to get him a drink, only to find the clinic swarmed by emergency responders when she returned.
“I was gone about 10 minutes,” Marini said, adding a police officer told her, “There’s an Ebola scare. Nobody can go in.”
“He’s scared, but he’s OK,” she said of her husband.
Department of Public Health spokeswoman Anne Roach, when asked about the Braintree case, told the Herald, “There are no cases of Ebola in Massachusetts,” while adding, “DPH is only reporting on confirmed cases.”
Roach said, “DPH has worked closely with area hospitals on possible cases of Ebola and they’ve all been quickly ruled out.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_op...case_taken_from_braintree_clinic_under_police
“Out of an abundance of caution we immediately notified authorities and the patient was securely removed from the building and put into an ambulance now headed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The building was closed briefly but has now re-opened. We are working closely with the Department of Public Health who will determine next steps,” said Dr. Ben Kruskal, chief of infectious disease for Harvard Vanguard.
The driver of the Brewster Ambulance transporting the patient shortly before 4 p.m. was seen wearing a hazmat suit and face mask. Beth Israel is planning to hold a press conference shortly.
A second person was later brought out on a stretcher in a hazmat suit and placed in a second ambulance.
Bystander Susan Marini of Quincy said her husband Lareto — who is not the suspected Ebola case — came to Harvard Vanguard seeking treatment of a sore throat shortly before the emergency response began. He has since been allowed to leave, wearing a face mask.
“They just told him this is going to be a long process, be prepared,” said Marini, who’d run into a nearby Kmart to get him a drink, only to find the clinic swarmed by emergency responders when she returned.
“I was gone about 10 minutes,” Marini said, adding a police officer told her, “There’s an Ebola scare. Nobody can go in.”
“He’s scared, but he’s OK,” she said of her husband.
Department of Public Health spokeswoman Anne Roach, when asked about the Braintree case, told the Herald, “There are no cases of Ebola in Massachusetts,” while adding, “DPH is only reporting on confirmed cases.”
Roach said, “DPH has worked closely with area hospitals on possible cases of Ebola and they’ve all been quickly ruled out.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_op...case_taken_from_braintree_clinic_under_police
