Suspected ebola case in LGH

The Assistinator

http://www.highlandradio.com/2014/08/21/body-of-man-with-ebola-like-symptoms-at-letterkenny-general-hospital/
Hopefully it turns out not to be true but either way rip to the deceased.

muffler

Fingers and everything else crossed!

NIMAN

May he RIP, but I doubt very much it will turn out to be Ebola.

Apparently if you die from Ebola, its very messy at the end, with a lot of blood coming from many different parts of the body. Don't think it would be in any doubt.

The Assistinator

yeah was reading up on it sounds very gruesome ,hopefully just ruling it out.
looking on social media there aswell a lot of scaremongering going on.

NIMAN

I'm guessing its just the media with their usual hyperbole.
They always think/want the worst case scenario.

muffler

Sky news are carrying the story so maybe there's a bit more to it unfortunately.

echo beach

The HSE put out a statement and Sky News, who have lights somewhere that flash every time 'Elbola' or other key words are mentioned, saw it and ran with it. They don't know any more than Highland.

Did you see a few days ago when BBC News 24 did a report on a major incident during a boat race in some bad weather in Stanford Lough? It sounded like a disaster at the start with certain multiple deaths but ended up there were two minor injuries.

Putin

I haven't been home for awhile, so I got a fright when I heard about this Ebola scare. Hopefully it will turn out to be a false alarm.

NIMAN

muffler wrote: »

Sky news are carrying the story so maybe there's a bit more to it unfortunately.

Sky News? The masters of hyping up non-stories?

danniemcq

hypothetical - Could he have died from maleria before the final stages of ebola?

Flibbles

danniemcq wrote: »

hypothetical - Could he have died from maleria before the final stages of ebola?

Jesus, he should have played the All or Nothing lottery if that's the case.

L1011

Negative for Ebola according to RTE.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0822/638696-ebola/

NIMAN

So it wasn't Ebola after all, typical sensationalist nonsense from the media.

Apparently there was a headline on an Irish tabloid "Irish man dies of Ebola".

danniemcq

NIMAN wrote: »

So it wasn't Ebola after all, typical sensationalist nonsense from the media.

Apparently there was a headline on an Irish tabloid "Irish man dies of Ebola".

That'd be the s*n, but what else do you expect from them

opiniated

It might be naive, but is anyone else shocked that the Gardai had to move the media from the family home?

The poor man (RIP) didn't die of ebola - so what exactly was to be achieved by tormenting his family?

For that matter, if he had died of ebola - what was to be gained by tormenting the family, either?

ednwireland

opiniated wrote: »

It might be naive, but is anyone else shocked that the Gardai had to move the media from the family home?

The poor man (RIP) didn't die of ebola - so what exactly was to be achieved by tormenting his family?

For that matter, if he had died of ebola - what was to be gained by tormenting the family, either?

heard that yesterday not shocked but shouldn't happen

echo beach

Questions must be asked about how this story got into the media in the first place. If it is true that his family weren't aware that ebola was suspected then the source would appear to be from the hospital. It should be possible to send samples for tests and keep a body isolated for a few hours without it becoming the subject of gossip that then appears in social media.
I was also surprised to read that the man had been treated for another illnesss. His medical history should be confidential and it was nobody's business what he suffered from.
His family have had a terrible loss and I can't imagine what they must be suffering as a result of this frenzy over a complete non-story. They deserve sympathy and respect for their privacy.

expectationlost

echo beach wrote: »

Questions must be asked about how this story got into the media in the first place. If it is true that his family weren't aware that ebola was suspected then the source would appear to be from the hospital. It should be possible to send samples for tests and keep a body isolated for a few hours without it becoming the subject of gossip that then appears in social media.
I was also surprised to read that the man had been treated for another illnesss. His medical history should be confidential and it was nobody's business what he suffered from.
His family have had a terrible loss and I can't imagine what they must be suffering as a result of this frenzy over a complete non-story. They deserve sympathy and respect for their privacy.

hse says they told some of the family according to daily mail

echo beach

expectationlost wrote: »

hse says they told some of the family according to daily mail

I'm more inclined to believe the family's priest than the Daily Mail. In fact I'm more inclined to believe almost anybody over the Daily Mail.

expectationlost

echo beach wrote: »

I'm more inclined to believe the family's priest than the Daily Mail. In fact I'm more inclined to believe almost anybody over the Daily Mail.

that was the HSE that said that not the Daily Mail, the daily Mail just relayed it, the questions is whether you believe the HSE.

echo beach

expectationlost wrote: »

that was the HSE that said that not the Daily Mail, the daily Mail just relayed it, the questions is whether you believe the HSE.

Having had personal experience of how the HSE 'communicate' with relatives the answer to that question has to be, ''No''.