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BREAKING: Potch hospital's casualty ward under quarantine─── 21:45 Wed, 08 Oct 2014
Potchefstroom - The casualty ward of the Potchefstroom state hospital is under quarantine.
OFM News spoke to various sources at the hospital who confirmed this. According to North West Health's spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane, a patient was admitted to the hospital today with high fever. The casualty ward is still under quarantine. Lekgethwane said the hospital is running tests, but that it's too early to diagnose.
Despite the Casualty ward of the Potchefstroom Hospital being placed under quarantine, National Health Spokesperson Joe Maila denied that it was related to a patient being admitted with Ebola:
A hospital official said no visitors are currently allowed at the hospital, and that exact details will be provided to visitors when they visit the hospital during visitors hours on Thursday.
As OFM News spoke to the officials at the hospital, telephones were abuzz in the background.
This is a developing story.
Karien Jordaan, MJ Lourens, Dane Beisheim, Duane Petrus/OFM News
8/10/2014 21:56 -- Reporter Dane Beisheim is in Potchefstroom and took this photo of the sealed off part of the hospital.
22:15 -- NW Health spokesperson: Tebogo Lekgethwane: Patient admitted today with high fever – casualty quarantined – running tests – too early to diagnose.
22:35 -- National Health Spokesperson denies that quarantine is related to patient being admitted with Ebola.
22:45 -- Lekgethwane says the hospital remains quarantined overnight and we will know the test results in the morning.
We'll update you again tomorrow morning.
9/10/2014 10:00 -- The Department of Health in North West has ruled out the possibility that a 72-year-old man, who was admitted to the Potchefstroom Hospital with high fever yesterday, has Ebola.
Tebogo Lekgethwane:
Despite the Casualty ward of the Potchefstroom Hospital being placed under quarantine, National Health Spokesperson Joe Maila denied that it was related to a patient being admitted with Ebola.:
