Patient being tested for Ebola at Yonkers hospital

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Source: LoHud

The patient went to the hospital with fever-like symptoms after returning from abroad

A patient at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers is being tested for Ebola, officials said.

The patient, who is from a country on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's watch list for the virus that has devastated West Africa, arrived at the hospital, at 127 South Broadway, Tuesday afternoon with fever-like symptoms and is currently isolated there, said Dean Civitello, a hospital spokesman.

The state Department of Health is running tests to determine what the patient may be stricken with, including testing for Ebola, Civitello said.

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The Westchester County Department of Health "is working with the hospital and treating physician to evaluate a patient with fever who recently traveled to an Ebola-affected country," county Health Commissioner Sherlita Amler said in a statement. "All appropriate infection control measures are in place, including isolation and personal protective equipment for healthcare providers. The most common diagnosis in travelers with fever who have recently returned from Ebola-affected countries has been malaria."

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Read more: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/health/2015/05/26/patient-tested-ebola-saint-joseph-hospital-yonkers/27978197/

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1. Thanks Obama. nt

[Cal Carpenter]

2. Yonkers: Ebola threat cleared at St. Joseph's hospital

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/health/2015/05/27/ebola-suspected-yonkers-hospital-patient/28029935/

Yonkers: Ebola threat cleared at St. Joseph's hospital

A Yonkers hospital patient is no longer being monitored for Ebola, a hospital spokesman said.

Officials have apparently concluded there is no threat of Ebola at St. Joseph's Medical Center after a patient was tested for the virus on Tuesday.

"There's no suspected case of Ebola, and the Department of Health is not monitoring a case for Ebola," Dean Civitello, a spokesman for the Yonkers hospital, said on Wednesday afternoon.

The statement came more than 24 hours after a patient was admitted to the hospital at 127 South Broadway with fever-like symptoms. The patient, who had traveled from a country on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's watch list, was quickly isolated on Tuesday afternoon.

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Civitello said Tuesday that the situation had not disrupted the hospital's operations. Hospital staff members train for these scenarios, he said, including a similar incident that occurred several months ago.

This thread was still open on my laptop when I got home this evening and I was curious so I googled. Guess it's all clear.