Enemuo's Sister Discharged From Rivers' Ebola Treatment Centre

Sister of late Dr Iyke Enemuo who tested positive to the dreaded Ebola
disease has been discharged at the Port Harcourt treatment centre.

Rivers state Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker who disclosed
this Monday morning in Port Harcourt said the patient later tested
negative after she went through treatment at the centre,

" I am cheerful today because we have successfully treated an Ebola
patient from our centre. She was positive and treated. She is now
negative and discharged to the community,"

After much pressure from media men the Commissioner, Dr Parker
confirmed that the patient who was treated and discharged is the
sister of the late Dr Enemuo who took ill after the brother died. "
The sister of the late doctor is well and has been discharged. We
should celebrate her. She nursed her brother when he was down. She is
one person you can admit into your house now because she is fine. She
will not give you Ebola. She is clear, she is immune and she cant have
Ebola", he said.

Meantime, the Commissioner said an eighteen months old infant had been
admitted at the treatment centre, adding that the child had not tested
positive. "We have another admission, an infant, 18 months, is not yet
tested", he said.

He said the Health Ministry would successfully establish contact with
the 479 persons on its list for surveillance before the end of the
day, adding that 94 percent of them had already been traced.

The Commissioner, Dr Parker expressed the hope that by next week Ebola
would be a thing of the past. "We need this week and next week to
watch. ", he said.

He further appealed to the people not to see Ebola as a death
sentence, saying it could be treated if detected early.