Patients tried to flee in panic shouting ‘Ebola’ when medics in Biohazard suits brought elderly woman into London hospital to be tested for the disease
Medics wearing protective clothing arrived with elderly patient
Patients at University Hospital Lewisham tried to flee the casualty unit
She was kept in the ambulance for an hour before being taken for tests
Woman has since been deemed low risk and released to await test results
By Amanda Williams
DailyMail.com
22 October 2014
Patients tried to flee a London hospital screaming ‘Ebola’ when medics wearing biohazard suits brought in an elderly woman for emergency treatment.
Patients at University Hospital Lewisham evacuated the casualty unit, as the woman was kept outside in an ambulance.
She was kept in the ambulance for an hour before finally being taken by crew in protective clothing for tests, it has been reported.
A witness told The Sun: ‘There was panic. Luckily, there was a glass wall between us and the potential victim’.
There around 40 people in the A&E department when the ambulance arrived, the witness added.
The woman was later deemed ‘low risk’ and sent home to await results from her tests.
A hospital spokesman said: ‘Whilst we cannot discuss individual cases, we can say that we have not had any confirmed cases of Ebola at Lewisham Hospital.
‘Like many other London hospitals we expect to see a number of patients with a history of travel to West Africa who need precautionary testing for Ebola under current public health guidance. In most cases, Ebola is considered very unlikely but testing is done as a precaution.’
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