Two persons sent to Gandhi Hospital after arriving at RGIA without yellow fever vaccination records
A Sudanese student and a contact were shifted to Gandhi Hospital after arriving at Hyderabad airport without proper yellow fever vaccination documentation. Doctors said both individuals are stable and are being monitored by health authorities.
Hyderabad: A student from Sudan and his attender were admitted to the recently established Ebola isolation centre at Gandhi Hospital on Thursday.
The student, who was under observation for yellow fever at a private hospital, had developed fever, resulting in being referred to Gandhi Hospital.
His attender, who does not have any symptoms, was also shifted to Gandhi Hospital.
Doctors said since both have a travel history from Sudan, which is in the high-risk notification list of countries where Ebola outbreak has been registered, it was decided to keep them under observation.
With this, the total number of suspected Ebola patients has reached three at Gandhi Hospital.
While the Sudanese student, pursuing education in a private University in Hyderabad, has fever, his attender and the first patient, who was admitted on Thursday are symptom-free.
Blood samples of all the three were sent to the CCMB for testing, Superintendent, Gandhi Hospital, Dr Vani said.
The first male passenger from Sudan, who arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport was shifted to Gandhi Hospital on Thursday. His health condition is stable, as his initial high body temperature that was detected by the airport thermal scanners, has gone down.
