Montreal Hospital Lifts Ebola Isolation After Suspected Case Is Ruled Out
A suspected Ebola case at a Montreal hospital was ruled out on Thursday evening, hours after the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) isolated a female patient who arrived showing signs officials described as consistent with the disease. The hospital said the isolation was lifted at about 8pm and that its Ebola protocols would not be activated, according to CTV News.
CBC News reported the suspected Ebola case was a false alarm. The CHUM did not say how it reached that conclusion, and it declined further comment, citing patient confidentiality. A hospital spokesperson, Irène Marcheterre, told CBC she did not know the woman's travel history.
What happened at the CHUM
The hospital first told CTV News by email at about 4:30pm that a patient was being evaluated for a p...