Bleeding ear sends nurses into panic

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Lack of knowledge about how the ebola disease presents itself, fear of getting infected with the dreaded disease and sheer unintelligence, saw a 35-year-old Zimbabwean man being tossed from pillar to post when he went to seek medical help from a Mogoditshane clinic on Sunday.

The patient (name known to this publication) checked himself into Nkoyaphiri clinic after he noticed he was bleeding from his right ear.

The man could never be prepared for what followed his entry as clinic staff instantly whisked the ebola isolation unit at Block 8 clinic without trying to find out what he could be suffering from. However they found the clinic already closed as it was after hours. They drove to Princess Marina Hospital. Mortified, the nurses kept their distance from the man.

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