Yale Doctors: Patient With Ebola-Like Symptoms Stable, Tests Results Within A Day
Officials say Yale-New Haven Hospital expects to receive test results in the next 24 hours on a patient who recently traveled to Liberia and was admitted Wednesday night with a fever..
The patient is one of two Yale University students who returned home last week after spending a month in Liberia researching the Ebola outbreak, according to the New Haven mayor's office.
A statement released by the hospital Thursday morning states, "Yale-New Haven Hospital admitted a patient late Wednesday night for evaluation of Ebola-like symptoms. We have not confirmed or ruled-out any diagnosis at this point."
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, hospital officials said the patient initially contacted a primary care physician after experiencing a fever. The physician and the hospital arranged for the patient to be transported to the hospital's Emergency Department Wednesday evening.
The patient is in "good and stable condition," hospital officials said.
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