Ebola: Sister of late P’Harcourt doctor discharged
Dr. Iyke Samuel Enemuo, Chinyere, who is the sister of the first victim of Ebola case in Port-Harcourt, and also tested positive for the virus, has been discharged from the isolation centre, Oduoha – Emohua.
Commissioner for Health, Rivers State, Dr. Sampson Parker, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday morning.
According to him, Chinyere has been successfully managed and is now negative and immune to the Ebola virus.
A primary contact of index case, Mr. Patrick Sawyer and also an ECOWAS official, had evaded surveillance in July and traveled out of Lagos to Port Harcourt where he consulted with the late doctor and was alleged to have been secretly treated for some symptoms.
After four days, following a manhunt for him, the ECOWAS official returned to Lagos by which time he was found to be without symptoms.
The doctor, however, died after some days, with investigation and laboratory analysis showing that he died from EVD, which he must have contracted during the secluded treatment.
As a result, several contacts have been traced, registered and placed under surveillance, including his sister, Chinyere, who has now been successfully managed and discharged.
