BMJ 1996;313:1351 (30 November)

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Fears over Ebola spread as nurse dies

A South African nurse, Marilyn Lahana, has died in Johannesburg after contracting the Ebola virus while caring for an infected Gabonese doctor at a private Johannesburg hospital. The death has prompted fears of a spread of the Ebola virus in South Africa. About 350 people, including health care staff, are being monitored in Johannesburg for signs of the disease.

The doctor, Clement Mambana, who brought the virus into the country, has since recovered and returned home. He had flown to South Africa from Gabon when he could not diagnose and get appropriate treatment for his condition in his own country.

Flying sick patients from other African countries into South Africa is a growing commercial business involving medical rescue companies, airlines, civial aviation authorities private hospials and doctors. Dr Neil Cameron of South Africa's Department of Health said this was an area that needs regulating.

The problem was that existing regulations . . . [Full text of this article]


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