MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Doctors at Methodist Hospital won`t say what it is, but something alarmed them early Sunday morning to test a patient at Methodist South for Ebola. Doctors say the patient’s profile didn’t completely point to the deadly virus, but they want to make sure.
Debra Wilson dropped off her grand-daughter at the very same hospital. News of the patient didn`t sit well with Wilson, so she quickly turned around to pick up her loved one.
“I’m going back in to get her and take her somewhere else. Because if there is an infection going on around here. I don’t want her going in,” said Wilson.
The patient is no longer at Methodist South. The hospital transported them to Methodist University Hospital in Midtown.
The hospital says the patient is stable and in an isolated room on the hospital`s campus. That room isn’t in the main part of the hospital.
Inside the core building at Methodist University, “It’s just normal. Day to day routines, everybody is just going by their business,” said hospital visitor Eddie Leverson.
Leverson says he hasn`t seen anything alarming or anything he hasn`t seen in the last two weeks he’s been here with his family. Leverson isn`t worried. He`s comforted in knowing the patient with possible Ebola-like symptoms, is under doctor`s care.
“They pretty much know what they are doing them. I trust them,” said Leverson.
Melissa Fitzman isn`t concerned either.
“I`m not afraid because I believe in Christ,” said Fitzman.
Her father`s at Methodist University too and she says, he`s staying put.
“He`s on life support the best place for him is here,” said Fitzman.
Doctors are waiting on blood test results to confirm whether the patient has Ebola.
