West Tennessean tests negative for Ebola
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A patient at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis was placed in isolation and tested for Ebola, Sunday. Late Sunday evening, the hospital reported tests by the state health department came back negative for the virus. According to a spokeswoman, the unidentified patient was transferred Sunday morning from the hospital’s South location to a special isolation unit at Methodist University. Hospital officials said early the patient did not fit all the screening guidelines for the often-deadly disease. Isolation of the patient was out of an abundance of caution. Methodist officials did not say how the patient may have come in contact with Ebola or the symptoms the patient displayed. The hospital said its doctors and nurses will continue to monitor and care of the patient.
