Grove adventist hospital received a patient that it is testing. Our jim osman continues our Team Coverage from rockville. Reporter thats right. In the last 24 hours this hospital behind me received a patient with flulike symptoms and a travel history that raised concerns about ebola. That patient was placed in isolation and at this time, folks, this is the key, test results indicate, the key word indicate the patient has another illness. The moment is working with Montgomery County Health Department and the cdc to manage this case. We need to caution you. We have very limited details. The hospital is not releasing a lot of details citing privacy concerns with the patient. Again repeating if you just walked into the room where the television is, a patient at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital was placed in isolation out of concern of ebola. At this time test results indicate that the patient ha another illness. Of course, well update you throughout the evening and news bulletins at once. Re
8yearold child and two adults were shot in the 3700 block of hayes street. Now, there is a major Police Presence at this hour. So lets get right out to robert liles. Any word on a suspect here . No suspect at this hour. But i can tell you were live outside the mayfair mansion apartments. Let me step out of the way ask a better vantage point. Despite this driving rainstorm. It is still an active crime scene. D. C. Metro police trying to uncover who shot three people in the parking lot of this apartment complex. Perhaps most disheartening of all the news here that one of those victims an 8yearold boy. Police are telling us at this hour that boy is in serious condition at a local hospital. The other two have been identified as adult males in their 20s. Police are telling us they do not believe that they have lifethreatening injuries. Police say right now, they dont know a motive and they dont know a suspect. Theyre also trying to determine if all three of the shooting victims live here in
Cold front pushes through overnight, showers lingering into saturday morning. Well tell you if they get out of here in time for the terps game and how chilly it will be for game two at nats park. But first tonight ebola concerns are hitting close to home with two hospital with similar symptoms and it is now confirmed that one of those patients has malaria and not ebola. Good evening. Im lesli foster. Im derek mcginty. We want to stress at this point there are no confirmed ebola cases in our area. Within the hour weve heard from Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in rockville. Their patient in isolation has malaria they say. Officials were concerned the patient had ebola because the symptoms and travel history seemed to match up. However, after further tests and monitoring the medical team determined the patient has malaria. Now a case of malaria is no joke. According to the cdc every year there are between 1,500 to 2,000 cases of malaria in this country. In 2012 627,000 people died of mala
Heard anything. Reporter most people to take it in stride. Im not worried about it. As long as you take your necessary precaution, constantly wash your land, carry hand sanitizer, its hands, carry hand sanitizer. Its not like the virus is airborne. Reporter what are you doing . Protecting my face. Reporter why . Because ebola is supposed to be at the hospital and i dont want to catch a whiff of it. Reporter at shady grove the patient remains in isolation, but his condition is improving and lab results suggest he actually has an illness other than ebola, things like malaria, cholera, even the flu can look like ebola in the early stages. At Howard University hospital in d. C. , bruce leshan, wusa9. The medical staff at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital is also monitoring a patient with flulike symptoms and a travel history that matches the criteria for possible ebola. That person was admitted to the hospital in gaithersburg last night, but lab results show the patient has another illness an
In Montgomery County and First Responders are reminding us to be cautious around pools. This is something we see every year at the start of the Summer Season and mola lenghi is live at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital where todays victim is recovering tonight. How is he doing . Reporter still recovering. First responders tell us that so often on these memorial day holiday weekends people begin the day enjoying themselves poolside and end the day at a hospital, best Case Scenario lucky to be alive. Its the unofficial start to summer. Pools are finally open, families all outside. Everybody has been cooped up all byrne trying to get out. Its a nice day high to mid80s already. Pool was open for the first time. Reporter open to the possibility of drownings. The early part of the season is always problematic. I think kids arent really in our swimming safety yet. Reporter an adult male at a private pool in potomac sunday night and a young boy in rockville monday afternoon. The next thing you kn