The discharge of one of the two patients suffering from Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) has been delayed on account of treatment protocol of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The discharge of one of the two patients suffering from Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) has been delayed on account of treatment protocol of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The patient Prashant Joy, undergoing treatment for CCHF at Shalby Hospital, was slated to be discharged on Tuesday. He was showing no symptoms of the deadly disease, and moreover, his second sample had tested negative for the virus.
However, on Tuesday, NCDC asked the hospital to keep Prashant under isolation for some more days.
"According to medical protocol for CCHF, NCDC has asked Prashant to be kept under isolation for ten days, beginning the day he was hospitalised. Since he was hospitalised on January 21, he will be discharged only after January 30," Neeraj Lal, VP, Quality, Shalby Hospital, said.
Lal said that besides being in isolation, Prashant's condition was absolutely normal. He added that they will continue to give him the antibiotics and closely monitor him.
Meanwhile, authorities at Sterling Hospital, where Rehman Hussain, the husband of first CCHF victim Ameena Momin, is hospitalised, said that he is likely to be discharged on Thursday.
“Rehman Hussain's condition and all vitals are absolutely fine. He has been hospitalised since January 16, and we plan to discharge him by Thursday,” Dr Kamlesh Patel, consultant microbiologist and in-charge, infection control department, Sterling Hospital, said.
The CCHF outbreak, the first time the virus was seen in India, has claimed at-least three lives in Ahmedabad so far.
There were concerns that in absence of detailed information, the viral infection, with mortality rate of between 30 to 90%, could claim many more lives. Fortunately, that has not been the case so far, and doctors have been able to treat
two patients.
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