Patient in Sweden admitted with suspected case of Ebola

A patient in Sweden has been admitted to hospital with a suspected case of the highly infectious Ebola disease. Doctors have placed the man in isolation, but say his condition is currently “stable.”

DW reports that the medical director for Uppsala Region Mikael Kohler said that the patient arrived “throwing up blood and had bloody stools,” normally a symptom of Ebola. The man’s condition is now “serious, but stable,” Kohler added.

The case was initially detected at a hospital in the town of Enkoping, where the emergency room was closed down. Staff and others who came into contact with the patient have been isolated and are receiving treatment.

The patient arrived back in Sweden following a trip to Burundi three weeks ago and current symptoms began to appear Friday morning. He wasn’t known to have visited an area affected by Ebola.

Sweden currently has one specialized isolation unit with the capacity to treat patients with diseases like Ebola. It is located at Linkoping University Hospital, approximately 200 kilometres (120 miles) southwest of the capital Stockholm.