Buwenge farmer succumbs to Ebola

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samples from a patient who died on Friday at Buwenge Health Center IV in Jinja district have tested positive for Ebola. The 45-year-old, Dan Waiswa, a farmer and resident of Kayalwe B village, in the Buyengo town council was admitted at Buwenge Health Center IV following his referral from a private clinic in Buwenge town council early this week.

He had earlier on been admitted to the clinic on suspicion that he had typhoid. He presented with fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, muscle pain, cough, difficulty in breathing, and swallowing, and sore throat. A medical worker at Buwenge Health Center IV, says that when the patient failed to improve they decided to pick his samples for testing for Ebola since he had informed them that he was in close contact with another case with similar signs in Kampala city.

The samples were extracted from the patient on November 11, 2022, a few hours before he passed away. His body was handed over to his relatives for burial. However, a report issued by the Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI on Saturday night shows that Waiswa succumbed to Ebola in Sudan.

Jinja Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Mohammed Kigongo, says that Waiswa’s brother, a resident from an undisclosed area in Kampala succumbed to Ebola on November 03, 2022. He says that they have dispatched surveillance teams to pick samples from the deceased’s family members, health workers, and patients at the St. Catherine clinic and Guardian medical center in Buwenge sub-county and town council respectively where the patient was first managed for peptic ulcers and typhoid.

A confirmed fatal Ebola case has been reported in Kayalwe B village, Buyengo sub-county, Jinja district.
This was a 45-year-old male who is linked to a probable case, his brother.

— Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero (@JaneRuth_Aceng) November 13, 2022

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