Ok, so lets say he thought Marthalene had malaria. Did he mention THAT to the doctors?
Also I have heard conflicting things whether he told the hospital he was from Liberia or just from Africa, that also would make a difference.
And finally, did he tell them how long he had been in the country? Or that he had come from an area where Ebola was breaking out and killing people?
Did he or anyone with him express any concern about Ebola since they had to have heard of Ebola and how it was in the area he was from?
His family could not have been completely unaware of what Ebola was doing back in their homeland. Even if they were not huge news watchers, surely their ears would perk up at the mention of places from back home if they hear it on the TV, radio, in conversations among people, online, etc. They lived in a huge community of other people from Africa, other immigrants, etc. They had to have heard someone talk about what was going on back in Africa.
When my fiance became suddenly severely ill a week before he died, we went to the Dr and then the ER and in BOTH places we mentioned everything that could be a factor in his sudden alarming symptoms. We told them he was a firefighter, had spent month recovering bodies after Katrina, had been in the contaminate waters during rescues right after the storm, had been in his house and his moms house gutting and tearing down and exposed to mold and God knows what else. We told EVERYTHING we could think of.
(Note, it was many years ago, I have since remarried and am not trying to hijack the tread into expressions of sympathy or such. I mention it because I was in such a situation with a suddenly ill fiance who had been thru some risky stuff lately. We told, we made sure we mentioned it to the intake nurse, the triage nurse, the doctor, etc. When you are in a situation like that, it is no time to by coy or evasive. or downright omit critical information. We pushed and we did not get sent home. He was admitted)
