BRAINTREE, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- A patient with possible Ebola symptoms was evaluated in Boston Sunday.
A hazmat situation was underway Sunday afternoon at Harvard Vanguard Medical in Braintree. The hospital was evacuated briefly due to a patient with possible Ebola symptoms.
Officials say the patient was recently in West Africa and experiencing muscle aches as well as a headache. He was isolated in an ambulance outside of the hospital, officials say, and then transferred to Beth Israel in Boston.
Harvard Vanguard released the following statement Sunday: "A patient who had been to Liberia presented himself today at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Braintree practice complaining of headache and muscle aches. Out of an abundance of caution we immediately notified authorities and the patient was securely removed from the building and put into an ambulance now headed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The building was closed briefly but has now re-opened. We are working closely with the Department of Public Health who will determine next steps."
The Department of Public Health also released a statement Sunday, saying, "Out of an abundance of caution, a patient who reported recently traveling to West Africa and was not feeling well, was quickly isolated today at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Braintree, consistent with public health protocols and safeguards. The patient was later transferred to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. There are no confirmed cases of Ebola in Massachusetts. DPH has worked with area hospitals over the past several months on suspected cases of Ebola and they have all been quickly ruled out."
