Nigerian man jumps to his death trying to escape from police in Malaysia

The Nigerian man pictured above named Osazuwa allegedly jumped to his death from a 15-storey building on Monday October 13th as police stormed a place he was staying with friends in Malaysia.

According to local media report, a Nigerian student had lodged a police report in Puchong on Sunday October 12th claiming his girlfriend had been kidnapped by Osazuwa and his gang.

"The boyfriend said he received a call from a suspect who demanded RM40,000 for the release of his girlfriend, also a Nigerian student here. We suspected the kidnappers were people that the victim must have known. Police immediately tracked the victim and her kidnappers’ whereabouts.” criminal investigator Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said.

Malaysia police said the victim’s boyfriend cooperated with the police in their investigations and he managed to coax the suspects into giving him more time and told them he was gathering the funds.

The police managed to find the victim’s location on Monday. She was being held in a condominium unit in Taman Melati, Ampang.

“We formed a team to raid the condominium unit and moved in on the suspects at about 5pm.”

Mohd Adnan said when police ambushed the unit located at the condominium’s 13th floor, there were three Nigerian men and two local women.

The victim was being held in one of the rooms.

“Upon seeing the police, the suspects attempted to escape. The raiding team arrested two women and two men,” he said.

The other suspect tried to climb down from the balcony to a unit below.

However, he could not grab hold of anything and fell to his death.

“The suspect who died was in his 20s and we are still trying to establish his identity,” Mohd Adnan said.

The victim was unharmed while in the custody of the suspects. He said investigation are underway to determine how many other kidnapping cases they were involved in.

“The gang thought they could get money quickly by carrying out this crime, but look what had happened — it has just gone awfully wrong,” he said.

Source: Malaysia Star  

Wal-Mart CEO vows to end minimum wage pay in future

Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to improve opportunities for its employees so that in the future there will no longer be a few thousand workers on its payroll making minimum wage, the chief executive of the world's top retailer said on Wednesday. 

The act of upgrading minimum wage positions would be largely a symbolic move for Wal-Mart. Currently only about 6,000 workers make the minimum out of its U.S. workforce of 1.3 million. Wal-Mart says its average full-time hourly wage is $12.92, compared with the federal minimum wage of $7.25. 

But the comments from CEO Douglas McMillon could draw some attention amid the contentious national debate over proposals to raise the minimum wage. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the U.S. and a prime target of labor activists who say it doesn't pay workers a living wage.

"We only have a few thousand associates in the U.S., less than 6,000 of our 1.3 million associates in the U.S., that currently make a minimum wage and it is our intention over time that we will be in a situation where we don't pay minimum wage at all," McMillon told reporters on Wednesday when asked about the issue following an investor conference.

McMillon said the move would be part of a larger effort to "invest in its associate base". It could also look at using promotions and bonus payments to improve opportunities for workers, he said. He didn't disclose further details. 

OUR Walmart, a workers' group that's been pushing for the retailer to pay higher wages, is organizing two rallies on Thursday - one in New York and one in Washington D.C. - to put a spotlight on the issue, a spokeswoman for the group said.

(Reporting by Nathan Layne in Rogers, Arkansas; Editing by Ryan Woo)

Scott Disick Banned From Being Around North West

Looks like there is some new Kardashian drama going on behind the scenes! Recently, we learned that Kanye West was furious over the way Scott Disick has been treating Kourtney Kardashian, and apparently, that is not all West is worried about. Rumor now has it that Disick has been banned from being around North West by the controlling rapper.

Kanye West’s behavior never seems to amaze our Facebook and Twitter fans, so this one probably won’t be a shocker either. Kanye West reportedly is not a fan of Scott Disick’s crazy partying antics, and according to a report by Hollywood Life, West doesn’t want Disick anywhere near his daughter North.
In fact, one source dished to the site: “Kanye already told Kim Kardashian not to have Scott around North because there’s no telling whether he’s going to be partying or what might come out of his mouth. Kanye has told everyone in the family that too, even Kris Jenner, because he’ll be damned if Nori is going to see a grown man, especially one in her family, acting a fool.” Apparently, West doesn’t want North around Scott at all. Wow, it definitely sounds like West means business.

Honestly, with the way that Scott Disick behaves, for most likely the first time ever, we completely agree with Kanye! Could this be the start of a new Kardashian family feud? Only time will tell.
What do you think of Scott Disick’s partying? We know you have an opinion and we want to hear it, so feel free to sound off in the comments section below!

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Second Dallas nurse with Ebola was on Frontier Airlines Flight 1143

A second nurse who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has been diagnosed with the deadly disease — a day after flying from Ohio to Texas, officials said.

CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said during a national news conference on Wednesday that Dallas nurse Amber Joy Vinson “was in a group of individuals known to have exposure to Ebola, she should not have traveled on a commercial airline.”

But according to multiple news reports, Vinson phoned the CDC before leaving Ohio to report she had an elevated fever of 99.5 degrees and would be flying back to Dallas. Vinson wasn't “told she couldn't fly,”  an unidentified CDC source told ABC News.

“Somebody dropped the ball,” CBS News quoted one health official as saying.
Vinson, who was in Ohio last weekend to plan her wedding, was not experiencing symptoms when she made the flight from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth late Monday, Frieden said.
About 24 hours later Vinson, 29, was placed in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian.

Dallas nurse Amber Vinson in a photo from high school. 

“The second health care worker case is very concerning,” Frieden said earlier Wednesday. “Our thoughts are with the individual and the individual's family.” Because Vinson’s condition has worsened, federal officials said she will be treated at a biocontainment unit at Emory University Hospital. An air ambulance carried her to Atlanta Wednesday evening.
The CDC is asking that all 132 passengers on Monday’s Frontier Airlines flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth call 1-800-CDC-INFO. The flight landed at 8:16 p.m. CT Monday.
Since Vinson didn’t have a fever and wasn’t vomiting on the flight, it “suggests to us that the risk to any person around that individual on the plane would have been extremely low,” Frieden said.
Dallas was Flight 1143's last stop on Monday and Frontier said the aircraft “received a thorough cleaning per our normal procedures.” But Flightaware.com, a flight-monitoring website, told the Los Angeles Times that the Airbus A320 made five additional flights on Tuesday before being taken out of service for decontamination on Wednesday.
Going forward, Frieden said, no one else involved in Duncan's care will be allowed to travel “other than in a controlled environment.”
The White House conceded on Wednesday that there have been “shortcomings” in the response to the Dallas Ebola crisis. “It's not clear what protocols were in place and how those protocols were implemented,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said during a news conference.
Vinson was among 76 hospital workers who cared for Duncan, a Liberian citizen who died from Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian a week ago. Her colleague, Nina Pham, was diagnosed with the virus on Sunday and is also in isolation at their hospital. Pham, 26, was in good condition on Wednesday, the hospital said.

It has not been determined how either nurse was infected, but Frieden said investigators are focusing on the Sept. 28-30 time frame. An ambulance rushed Duncan to the hospital on Sept. 28, and he was placed in “strict isolation.” Two days later, Duncan was officially diagnosed as the first Ebola case in the United States.

Vinson and Pham worked those days and had “extensive contact with the patient when he was having substantial amounts of both vomiting and diarrhea,” Frieden said. Federal investigators, Frieden said, have learned that the hospital used various forms of personal protective gear during Duncan’s first days at Texas Health Presbyterian. Medical records provided by Duncan's family show that hospital staffers didn't trade in their gowns and scrubs for hazmat suits until the CDC confirmed his Ebola diagnosis, the Associated Press reported.

“There are several ways to use personal protective equipment safely,” Frieden said. “It’s critical that that be done consistently and correctly. That’s one of the areas of active investigation.”
At an early-morning news conference, a bleary-eyed Dr. Daniel Varga, the hospital's chief clinical officer, called Vinson's infection “an unprecedented crisis.”

Donald Trump calls President Obama a psycho..lol

Following the new cases of Ebola diagnosed in the US, billionaire business mogul, Donald Trump has once again called for the stop of all flights to and from West Africa.

He called his president a psycho...lol. I guess screening at the airport is not enough for him. Thank God he's not the US president.  

Another Texas health care worker tests positive to Ebola

 A second health care worker at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive to Ebola, a few days after a nurse, Nina Pham, tested positive.

The new case also attended to late Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian who took Ebola to America.

Confirming the 2nd diagnoses, the US Center for Disease Control and prevention said in a statement 

"A second healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola according to preliminary test performed overnight by the Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory".

This is getting more serious, i think all who came in contact with these people should be called up for test....

Samuel Eto’o Now Banging Amber Rose? The Pair Were Spotted Partying at a Club

socialite/model Amber Rose is now with footballer Samuel Eto’o . The duo were seen partying last night at Chinawhite nightclub. They were also photographed leaving the night club together at around 3:30 am Yesterday.

According to a source from Daily Mail, the former Barcelona player’s car was spotted outside Amber’s hotel before 4:00 am. He tried to hide his identity by wearing a black leather cap that covered his eyes.

As always, Amber was looking gorgeous.The mother-of-one donned a thigh-high black dress with a plunging neck line.

Amber Rose, 30, last month filed for divorce from husband of one year, Wiz Khalifa. Her new boo friend, Eto’o, is still married to his wife Georgiette. Eto’o and Georgiette have been together for 7 years.

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Dog of Ebola-infected Dallas nurse Killed fear of spreading the virus

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By Lisa Maria Garza

Men in hazardous materials suits removed the dog of a Dallas nurse infected with Ebola from her apartment on Monday, placing the pet named Bentley in a cage and taking him to an undisclosed location where he will be watched for signs of the virus.
"Bentley is safe," Dallas spokeswoman Sana Syed said on her Twitter feed of the pet who has been under the spotlight after officials in Madrid put down the dog of a Spanish nurse who contacted Ebola while caring for a patient.

Bentley, a 1-year-old King Charles Spaniel, belongs to a health worker at a Dallas hospital who contracted Ebola while caring for a patient and was placed in an isolation ward over the weekend. The worker has been identified in media reports as Nina Pham, a 26-year-old nurse.

"He's adorable. Clearly a little puzzled by what's going on. But he's in good hands now and will be taken care of," Syed said. The city and Dallas County have pledged to take good care of him and provide pictures and updates on his status to the health worker's family.

On Sunday, Bentley was fed by protection-suit-clad members of a hazmat team tasked with decontaminating the worker's apartment. They left a light on for the dog when they left so he would not be in the dark overnight.

Dallas Animal Services said the rescue of Pham's dog was "a bit of a challenge" and it will release pictures of the dog after the family has had the chance to see the images.

The elderly female dog of a healthcare worker in Spain who contracted Ebola while treating an infected patient was put down for fear the animal could spread the disease despite a petition signed by hundreds of thousands of people around the world urging Spanish authorities to spare her life.
The decision to kill the dog, named Excalibur, prompted international condemnation and protests from animal rights activists. Health authorities there said the animal posed a health risk and there was evidence dogs could carry the virus.

Letter From a Spanish Ebola Expert in Sierra Leone

 


I am a Spanish doctor in Sierra Leone working with an NGO on the matter of Ebola which, as you know, has been hitting part of Africa for more than six months, and that now, unfortunately, has reached Spain. This was the first case of direct transmission of Ebola outside of an African country in the history of the disease.

We are launching in Bo, which is the second largest city in Sierra Leone, a center of isolation and treatment for Ebola patients. Both suspected and confirmed cases, are hosted in the center as the first symptoms appear, which is usually fever, displayed when disease begins to be potentially infectious. The pertinent tests are made and we take care of the patients until we have the results from the laboratory. If it is negative, the patient goes home, but a medical team will visit daily and will monitor the patient and his relatives for three weeks. If the result is positive, we start the intensive care and treatment of the patient.

So this is how it works in a country where there are, so far, over 2,400 positive cases and nearly 700 deaths, according to reports from the Health Department. Although there are probably more, considering that communication did not work very well and there may be many lost cases. It is known, thanks to the wide media coverage of this issue, that each infected person can infect 2-6 people.

Madam Health Secretary, with all due respect, something went wrong. And honestly, I think the information you are giving to the media in Spain on the sad and unfortunate case of an infected colleague, while still being true, is not entirely accurate. Here, on the ground, where we live the day-to-day of this disease, we have another point of view, and certainly very different responses from the ones the government and some officials are giving.
It is not my intention to distress anyone or create alarmist situations, but they are making up the facts. Or they are not saying things clearly. I do not want to believe it's on purpose, I prefer to think it is due to ignorance of the subject and not really knowing what they are speaking of.
You should be aware by now that the personal protective equipment, technically called PPE (Personal Protection Equipment, although I will call them protective suits to shorten up) which were used as protection were not adequate for this disease. As you may know, WHO has different degrees of protection according to the disease addressed, and Ebola requires the highest level of protection for its severity, high risk of infection and, above all, the lack of knowledge professionals have of it. The appropriate protective suits isolates completely from the environment -- there is not a micron of uncovered or unprotected skin -- and some elements are double, as in the case of the gloves.
My colleagues who regularly enter a danger zone, isolation zone or may be in contact with suspected or confirmed patients, in addition to wearing the protective suit, receive two weeks of training in a suitable center by qualified professionals. In our case, here in Sierra Leone, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) gives us the training, with professionals with greater experience, the ones who know best how to treat and manage Ebola.
Protective measures are much more than the protective suit and they are constantly carried out (spray with chlorinated water, containers for hand washing with chlorinated water in each corner, disinfection with this same type of water for shoe soles, etc.). Just so you have an idea: proper placing of the protective suit (PPE) takes about 10 minutes, and the removal of it is a process of about 20 to 25 minutes where some orderly steps are strictly followed and supervised by two people: one, continuously disinfected with spray; and another, who remembers the steps to follow. Even the experts in the issue, who go in and out of the risky areas several times a day -- because you can not be in a protective suit of this type for more than an hour due to dehydration risk -- even those widely accustomed to the long and tedious process to apply and remove the personal protective equipment, sometimes forget steps or they are wrong about the order of processes and protocols, and this can lead to infection.
To prove it here is this fact: over 90 percent of infected health workers (which are many), were infected by not following the proper protocols or for not wearing a proper protective suit, all due to human mistake. The other 10 percent were infected outside the work environment, by a relative, sex, etc.
Anyway, I will not bore you more, but it is all very complex and it is not surprising that unfortunately there has been a contagion. I wish this begins and ends here and that you learn of the mistakes (if any) and, above all, that everything goes well for the infected colleague.

Yours sincerely,
 Dr. Jose Maria Echevarría


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Beyonce Goes Sightseeing In Paris In 6-Inch Heels, Leather Pants

Some tourists might opt for sneakers and fanny packs when sightseeing, but not Beyonce.

The Carters headed to the Louvre Museum in Paris with Blue Ivy Tuesday. Beyonce wore leather pants, a Givenchy American flag T-shirt and six-inch Azzedine Alaia leather lace-up boots for the afternoon out. Paparazzi photographed the singer sightseeing and taking photos of her husband and daughter.

While the famous family's presence certainly attracted onlookers, some of those onlookers didn't know who they were. As they walked outside the iconic Paris landmark, Jay Z passed a photographer who asked, "Who is he?" To which Jay responded, "Who are you?"

Priceless.



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Nigeria threatens South Africa over 'frozen' weapons deal

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Nigeria on Wednesday accused South Africa of blocking a legal arms purchase and threatened retaliation against major South African companies, including telecom giant MTN, if the spat is not resolved.
A top official in the office of Nigeria's National Security Advisor (NSA) told AFP that the country had an agreement to buy $5.7 million (4.5 million euros) worth of military hardware in a deal brokered by a South African firm.
The official, who asked that his name be withheld, said Pretoria had frozen cash that had been wired to the South African firm's account.
South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority made no immediate comment, but the asset freeze has been widely reported in both Nigerian and South African media.
"The issue could affect bilateral relations between Nigeria and South Africa," the NSA official said.
He specifically mentioned MTN -- a South Africa-based mobile phone and Internet provider with tens of millions of subscribers in Nigeria -- as a company that could be targeted in tit-for-tat reprisals.
"You cannot be making so much money from Nigeria and then turn around and embarrass the people," the Nigerian official said.

He said Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan had called his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma to inform him about the purchase and Abuja was therefore surprised to learn that the deal had been blocked.
Zuma's spokesman Mac Maharaj declined to comment on the reported conversation between the two leaders, but told AFP the president was not part of the committee that reviews arms deals.

The NSA official did not identify the South African broker.

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Ghost of great-grandma appears in womb on ultrasound scan

A ‘ghost’ is seen haunting her own granddaughter-in-law’s womb (Picture: Jon McHale)

A ghostly image which appears to be a great-grandmother ‘watching over’ her unborn great-grandchild has been detected in a 3D ultrasound scan.

The face of Kathy McHale appeared slowly in the scan, and stayed on screen – and son Joe and wife Lindsay, 33, have kept the video of the eerie ‘visit’ to show to daughter Madison.

Kathy’s apparition has also appeared in the family home where Jon says Madison, now six, ‘Spoke of an old lady with white hair in the front room and on the stairs, just like her Great Nan Kath, even though she never met her.’

The couple, from Sidcup in London, took home the video scan after Jon’s Mum spotted Kathy’s ghostly face on screen.

Prison custody officer Jon said, ‘We didn’t see it at first but my mum was in the hospital with us and she said she had seen it on the screen.’
‘She told us to take it home and watch it, and that’s when we noticed it.
‘I like to think there is a relative watching over Madison and we think the face looks a lot like my grandma Kathy.’
Madison, now watches the video of the unearthly visitation with a ‘big grin on her face,’ Jon says.

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Miley Cyrus VMAs Homeless Date Jesse Helt Jailed - Thanks To All That Publicity...

 

That awks moment when your awards show date goes to prison.

Miley Cyrus took homeless youth Jesse Helt to the VMAs

Remember when we all got that warm feeling in our hearts when Miley Cyrus stunned the world by showing up to the MTV VMAs with homeless Jesse Helt?

Well, Miley’s one-time awards show date Jesse, 22, has been told he won’t be able to walk anymore red carpets for the next six months, as a judge has sent him to prison.

Cue an awks couple of days for Miley, or maybe she’ll just post a selfie to sum it all up.

 

Miley Cyrus looks like she hasn't heard about Jesse's bad luck, as she snaps a selfie in the tub.

The homeless aspiring model was only fingered by the cops after his mug got plastered around the whole world when the Bangerz babe took him to the VMAs to collect her award, which resulted in the cops knowing exactly where he was...woops!
Fortunately for Miley Jesse isn’t an escaped axe murderer, but it seems that he can’t quite manage to keep to his word, as he’s been sent back to the Big House for failing to honour a probation agreement.
Jesse, according to the Independent, appeared in court and asked Judge Monte Campbell to be lenient with the sentencing, as he wanted to “Be viewed as a good person, not a nuisance to society”.
But apparently Jesse and the Judge didn’t see eye to eye, so the unlucky homeless man was sent back to prison for his original crime of criminal mischief, criminal trespass and burglary.
Maybe because on top of skipping his probation he was also seen rubbing shoulders with anyone who’s anyone in the music biz on August 22nd?
In a bid to make a stand on behalf of the 1.6million homeless youths across America, Miley took homeless Jesse Helt along to the ceremony as her date.
She even sent him on stage to collect her award for Video Of The Year, where he exposed who he really was and made a powerful speech, all while Miley could be seen blubbing in the background.

It was all just beautiful.
Despite Katy Perry's less-than-impressed reaction in the audience.
However, rather than get the world talking about the issue of homelessness in the US as intended, Miley appears to have accidentally revealed Jesse Helt to be a known criminal that is wanted by the police for repeatedly violating his probation.
Oops?

Arrested on charges for breaking and entering and 'criminal mischief', a warrant for his arrest was sent out when Jesse failed to report to his probation worker, as well as not completing his community service, using marijuana, failing to provide a urine sample and breaching his curfew.
Some cynics were also shocked to discover that he very much does have a home but it's back in Oregon and he left his family in order to go to Los Angeles and become a model.
We have to admit that it's not looking good, and Miley isn't happy.

Taking to Twitter the 21-year-old popstar ranted: "People who are homeless have lived very hard lives. Jesse included.
"I hope that this can be the start of a national conversation about youth homelessness and how to end it. Does looking down upon the homeless help people excuse their inaction?
"The media never fails to disappoint me. You've chosen to go after Jesse instead of covering the issue of youth homelessness.
"While they obsess over one homeless man's legal issues let's help the other 1.6 million."

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This Woman Was ‘Too Pretty’ To Find Love On Dating Websites

For every story you hear about couples finding love online, you hear a horror story to match.

And one woman has opened up about the ‘hell’ she experienced on dating websites, admitting it was impossible for her to find a man through online dating.

 

Paula Jayne Allen from Chelmsford, Essex, signed up to online dating to meet the man of her dreams – but simply found men that wanted to sleep with her because of her good looks.

Is it the case now that more and more people are flocking to these sites for quick hook-ups and extra marital affairs, and our chance of actually finding true love is getting slimmer and slimmer?
Many of us assume sites such as Tinder are used mainly for hook-ups, but it seems the more mainstream online dating sites are used for the same reason - well, according to Paula they are.
It sounds like men were more interested in her looks and propositioning her for sex than actually getting to know her personally - although she did eventually get her Happily Ever After.

“I decided to try it because all of the sites guarantee to match you up with someone who shares your interests, so it's more about personality, and I was fed up with all of the men in the bars looking for skirt,” the 33-year-old told the Mail Online.

“But it made no difference. You'd regularly get people getting in contact just saying, "Fancy meeting up for a f**k?"


She added that many of the men just wanted to use her as their mistress or simply show her off to their mates.

“You'd get married men just wanting fun and you'd get people saying, ‘I just need someone for one night, can you do me a favour?’” she said.

“It really was truly awful. When it came to trying to find a man who would see me as more than just 'piece of meat,' it was so hard. I just felt like eye candy.”


Paula eventually found love with her teenage sweetheart, who she first met 14 years ago.


The pair dated for a few months when she was 19 but they split because he was too quiet whereas she was too outgoing.

But they bumped into each other at a party five years ago and fell in love all over again. The couple have two children together, William and Molli-Jayne.



Paula doesn't want sympathy for the fact she had difficulty on dating websites. She wants women to know that a) looks aren’t everything in a relationship and b) you shouldn’t have to change to find love.

“I didn't change a thing about me, even though when I was joining these agencies, all of these men were only interested in one thing,” she said.


And I still found my husband at the end of it all. Just be yourself, no one should have to change.

“If you're truly happy in who you are you shouldn't have to change a single thing about you, because someone else will love that happiness - it will shine through in everything that you do.”
We couldn't agree more.

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Photos: Meet the world's Most Beautiful First Ladies

Richestlifestyle.com a few days ago released its list of The Most Beautiful First Ladies in the world 2014 and US First Lady Michelle Obama came 6th. See all the world's most beautiful First Ladies after the cut...

1) Queen Rania of Jordan

2) Asma al-Assad - First lady of Syria

3) Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

4) Mehriban Aliyeva - Azerbaijan’s First Lady

5) Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan

6) Michelle Obama - US First Lady

7) Sylvia Bongo Ondimba - Gabon’s First Lady

8) Angelica Rivera - Mexico’s current First Lady.

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Texas Ebola Patient Told Hospital He Came From Liberia

DALLAS (AP) — The airline passenger who brought Ebola into the U.S. initially went to a Dallas emergency room last week but was sent home, despite telling a nurse that he had been in disease-ravaged West Africa, the hospital said Wednesday in a disclosure that showed how easily an infection could be missed.

The decision by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to release the patient, who had recently arrived from Liberia, could have put others at risk of exposure to Ebola before the man went back to the ER a couple of days later, when his condition worsened.
A day after the diagnosis was confirmed, a nine-member team of federal health officials was tracking anyone who had close contact with him after he fell ill on Sept. 24. The group of 12 to 18 people included three members of the ambulance crew that took the man to the hospital and a handful of schoolchildren.

They will be checked every day for 21 days, the disease's incubation period.
"That's how we're going to break the chain of transmission, and that's where our focus has to be," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Associated Press Wednesday.
The CDC reminded the nation's health care providers to ask patients with symptoms if they've traveled recently. The American College of Emergency Physicians planned to alert its members as well.
The patient explained to a nurse last Thursday that he was visiting the U.S. from Africa, but that information was not widely shared, said Dr. Mark Lester, who works for the hospital's parent company.
"Regretfully, that information was not fully communicated" throughout the medical team, Lester said. Instead, the man was diagnosed with a low-risk infection and sent home.

He was prescribed antibiotics, according to his sister, Mai Wureh, who identified her brother, Thomas Eric Duncan, as the infected man in an interview with The Associated Press.
Duncan has been kept in isolation at the hospital since Sunday. He was listed in serious but stable condition.
Hospital epidemiologist Dr. Edward Goodman said the patient had a fever and abdominal pain during his first ER visit, not the riskier symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.

The man left Liberia on Sept. 19, flying from Brussels to Dulles Airport near Washington. He then boarded a flight for Dallas-Fort Worth, according to airlines, and arrived the next day to see relatives.
He started feeling ill four or five days later, Frieden said.
The CDC sent a team to Monrovia's airport on Wednesday to make sure health officials there are screening passengers properly. All people traveling from the outbreak zone are supposed to be checked for fever and asked about their travel history before being allowed to leave. Plastic buckets filled with chlorinated water for hand-washing are present throughout the airport.

"There were no signs of any disease when the gentleman boarded the flight," said Dr. Tom Kenyon, director of the CDC's Center for Global Health. "This was not a failure of the screening process at the airport."
Since the man was showing no symptoms on the plane, the CDC stressed that there is no risk to fellow passengers.

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Graphic: Teenage girl left disfigured after 'jealous rivals mutilate her for being too pretty'

15 year old Argentinian Julia Alvarez was left disfigured after two jealous girls slashed her face with knives because she was 'too pretty'. The two girls, who are sisters, have since been arrested. Julia later told police the girls said they wanted to make her look like horror movie character, Chucky.

Julia said she was walking home in the town of Juan Domingo Peron, in the northern Argentinian province of Formosa, when the girls aged 18 and 16 attacked her without any provocation.

"Everyone says you are pretty. You won't look pretty when we have finished with you. People will call you Chucky." - Julia claims this is what the girls told her before slashing her face...

After the attack on her face and other parts of her body, the two sisters ran away and left her in the pool of her own blood. She was rushed to the hospital by passers-by.

Julia needed dozens of stitches on her face and back to put the flaps of skin back together.

The two girls were later arrested after the victim's sister posted the horrific images in Facebook. The pics went viral in the country and many activists called for the arrest of the attackers.

In her Facebook post, the victim's sister wrote

"They were jealous of my sister for a long time and always abusing her and insulting her, but we never expected them to go this far. I have tried to stay strong for my beautiful sister but every time I see her I want to burst into tears. They have ruined her life.

"She says she wants to kill herself because when she looks in the mirror she so ugly now. It has ruined our family."

Police arrested the two girls but later released the 16 year old because of her age. The 18 year old is still in custody.

This is where the alleged attack happened...