Indiana hospital caring for MERS patient still bustling

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Indiana hospital caring for MERS patient still bustling

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/indiana-hospital-caring-mers-patient-still-bustling-185403993--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MqNoaFejsP3ftp8v63LDrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-05-03T185403Z_1_CBREA421GIB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTH-MERS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout transmission electron micrograph shows the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus" align="left" title="Handout transmission electron micrograph shows the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus" border="0" /></a>By Karl Plume MUNSTER, Indiana (Reuters) - Along a stretch of rust-belt suburbia in Indiana, the Community Hospital in Munster now claims the dubious distinction of being the first U.S. facility to admit a patient with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The patient, a male healthcare worker, had traveled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and began exhibiting symptoms upon his return to the United States, they said. Separately, Saudi officials on Saturday said the rate of infections was on the rise in the country, where MERS was first discovered in 2012. At Community Hospital, however, the news did not seem to create panic among Munster residents soon after it was broadcast on local news outlets.</p><br clear="all"/>

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