By Weswa Ronnie
NAMISINDWA
A suspected Ebola patient with Ebola-like symptoms, including bleeding from all body openings has died in Namisindwa District.
The incident occurred on Tuesday night, 4th February, 2025 at Bukhabusi Health Center III in Bukhabusi Sub County. The patient was admitted to the health center that Tuesday morning after developing fever and malaria symptoms.
Stephen Masai Wasu, the Namisindwa District Acting Health Officer, reported that today Wednesday morning, a Mbale Ebola team picked the body from Bukhabusi health center III and took it to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital for further management including picking samples for onward transmission to Entebbe government laboratories for confirmation of cause of death.
Masai urged the public to exercise caution and avoid large gatherings, handshaking, and other activities that can facilitate the spread of the disease as they wait for the result from Mbale Hospital.
He called for calm, stating that the district health team is awaiting postmortem results from Mbale before issuing an official statement.
Julie Namara, the Namisindwa Resident District Commissioner, noted that the Ebola response team is currently in Mbale City, where the disease is prevalent.
She says if the deceased is confirmed to have had Ebola, all contacts both home and at the Bukhabusi health center 3 where the suspect died from will be traced and be quarantined.
Last week, one person in Mbale City was confirmed to have Ebola and was buried, while 27 others are currently in quarantine awaiting test results.
By press time the Bukhabusi health center three was operating normally.
