Suspected Ebola case taken from Braintree clinic under police escort
A Brewster ambulance left with the patient just before 4 p.m., with a police escort. The ambulance driver was wearing a hazmat suit and a facemask. The convoys destination could not be immediately confirmed. A second person was later brought out on a stratcher in a hazmat suit and placed in a second ambulance.
Bystander Susan Marini of Quincy said her husband Lareto who is not the suspected Ebola case came to Harvard Vanguard seeking treatment of a sore throat shortly before the emergency response began, and then was told he couldnt leave.
They just told him this is going to be a long process, be prepared, you might stay overnight, said Marini, whod run into a nearby Kmart to get him a drink, only to find the clinic swarmed by emergency responders when she returned.
I was gone about 10 minutes, Marini said, adding a police officer told her, Theres an Ebola scare. Nobody can go in. Hes scared, but hes OK, she said of her husband.