Don’t walk into A&E or doctors’ surgeries: Expert tells potential Ebola victims not to risk spreading virus as NHS is put on high alert
BMA senior director said Britons who suspect they have contracted the virus to call for help rather than risk spreading the disease by going out
Comes as NHS staff are issued a ‘high alert’ to be vigilant to signs of virus Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a Cobra committee meeting today
Minister Norman Baker said Ebola screening should be brought in at airports
Four hospitals in Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle and London on standby
Universities and schools also told to look out for Ebola symptoms in pupils
By Lizzie Parry
DailyMailUK
8 October 2014
Health experts today urged any potential Ebola patients in the UK to call for medical assistance rather than walk into hospitals seeking help.
Chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, issued a ‘high alert’ to all NHS staff yesterday, warning they be vigilant.
She urged all health professionals to take a full travel history from any patient complaining of, or showing signs of having a fever.
And Vivienne Nathanson, the British Medical Association’s senior director, today said any Britons who suspected they had contracted Ebola should phone for medical assistance rather than walk into a hospital or go to their GP.
Meanwhile the Government revealed more than 750 British soldiers and a medical ship with be deployed to Sierra Leone, following an emergency meeting of the Cobra committee today.
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