Kennedy Hospital Rules Out Ebola After Woman Treated For Travel-Related Illness

STRATFORD, N.J., (CBS) -- Kennedy University Hospital in Stratford, Camden County was temporarily on divert Tuesday evening, a hospital spokesperson tells Eyewitness News.

The spokesperson says a person was assessed in an ambulance and was placed in isolation in the Emergency Room to be tested for malaria.

The spokesperson says the hospital divert was lifted Tuesday night.

Camden County spokesman Dan Keashan released the following statement on the incident:

'On Aug. 7, an individual who resides in Gloucester Township, Camden County arrived home from a trip to Western Africa. In accordance with mandated travel surveillance instituted by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the county health department was monitoring this individual twice a day for any symptoms of a communicable disease for 21 days.

Last night, at 6:13 p.m. on Aug. 18, the patient exhibited a fever that from a precautionary perspective commissioned a full response by first responders.  The patient was then transported to Kennedy Health System in Stratford for further examination. The Gloucester Township EMTs, police department, county Haz-Mat and county health department officials arrived on the scene and followed and exceeded all protocols for the situation. Local, county and state health and emergency management officials are coordinating with medical professionals at Kennedy to ensure the health and welfare of the patient as well as the public. In short, the reporting and monitoring system endorsed by the CDC worked flawlessly and all first responders went above and beyond to follow the prescribed training to handle a possible communicable disease.'

Kennedy Hospital confirms the patient is not suffering from Ebola.