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Health has activated the action protocol for prevention to rule that the patient has the disease with all precautions

SUAP professionals Jumilla have told the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, in coordination with the Department of Epidemiology and the Department have enabled protocol

The Ministry of Health and Social Policy, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, and the Special Committee for the Management of Ebola in Spain, has today enabled the action protocol for a suspected case of Ebola in the Region Murcia.

This is a man of 25 who have been seen by the Emergency Primary Care Jumilla at his home this morning, suffering fever and vomiting, which together with five days traveled from Mali to Spain makes made that the protocol is activated by prevention.

The patient is being transferred to the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca referral center for suspected cases of Ebola in the Region of Murcia, where he will be hospitalized in isolation on the seventh floor, and will be attended to and valued by the medical team Infectious hospital coordinated by Dr. José Antonio Herrero.

The patient was picked up at his home, where he was treated in an ambulance, where he remained isolated for a Medical Emergency Unit 061 specially equipped to transport people with suspected Ebola in the Region of Murcia.

Health has followed step by step all the provisions of the procedure to diagnose a suspected case of Ebola in the region.

The Department of Health is working on the case from the outset to establish the necessary measures for a suspected case.

The Minister of Health and Social Policy, Catherine Lawrence, has called for "calm and work that is left to the professionals, who have demonstrated these days that can perfectly handle this type of situation."

Lorenzo has stated that "we have launched training, and each passing day we are more prepared. Everything worked properly and keep in mind that this protocol is enabled for prevention."

The minister recalled that the 061 emergency service has the equipment and protective suits needed to cope with the care or transfer of a patient affected by Ebola possible.

Indeed, he added that "we acquire a capsule negative pressure to provide maximum safety the transfer of an Ebola hypothetical" and added that the management of emergency has also arranged an ambulance exclusively for this purpose "that is perfectly suited ".

On the other hand, reported that the Reference Center for Ebola in Murcia is the Madonna University Hospital Arrixaca, "and that situation, equipment and because it is the regional reference hospital for infectious diseases is the center indicated to treat a possible Ebola patient. "

This is the second suspected case of Ebola that are seen in the region, after the isolation of a patient earlier this month it was negative and was discharged.

Ebola

The Ebola Virus Disease (FSC) is a hemorrágicaque fever is transmitted by direct contact with blood, secretions or body fluids of a sick and symptomatic patient.

Asymptomatic patients do not carry the FSC.

The Minister said that "the risk of new cases in Spain is still very low," and recalled that the higher risk countries, where the epidemic is still active, no direct flights Spain.

"Therefore, it is important to stay calm. Trusting that all prevention system is ready, and continue the development of training and implementation of the protocols," he said Lorenzo.

Source: CARM