By: Philippines News Agency March 8, 2014 10:20 AM <\/p>\n
InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 <\/p>\n
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan - One of the two patients erroneously reported in an ABS-CBN report as afflicted with a skin disease caused by a so-called flesh-eating bacteria is now home after being discharged from the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH). <\/p>\n
Alex Maganes, 19, of Villasis town, who was actually suffering from an acute episode of psoriasis, a genetic, non-contagious disease of the skin--complicated by arthritis which is why he could not walkwas discharged March 6. <\/p>\n
Still in hospital is Mary Grace Clasara, 21, of Sta. Barbara town who was suffering from leprosy as well as from malnutrition. <\/p>\n
Neither patients condition was deemed contagious, doctors said, but as a precautionto ensure they do not catch any hospital-based infection that could worsen their frail healththe two patients were kept in an isolation room. <\/p>\n
Dr. Policarpio Manuel, chief of the PPH, said Maganes is now well and can now walk a bit, which is an improvement from his medical condition when he was first brought to the hospital on February 25. <\/p>\n
The day before, an ABS-CBN report tagged him and Clasara as suffering from a mysterious disease caused by a flesh-eating bacteria that alarmed the people of Pangasinan and prompted tourists, foreign and domestic, to cancel their trips to the province. Local officials said demand for their famous milkfish [bangus] also declined. <\/p>\n
ABS-CBN has apologized for the report. <\/p>\n
Clasara will remain in the hospital longer, as she has to be treated of her anemia and needs to gain weight. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Continued here: <\/p>\n
Psoriasis patient erroneously reported as afflicted with flesh-eating disease now home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Philippines News Agency March 8, 2014 10:20 AM InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan - One of the two patients erroneously reported in an ABS-CBN report as afflicted with a skin disease caused by a so-called flesh-eating bacteria is now home after being discharged from the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH). Alex Maganes, 19, of Villasis town, who was actually suffering from an acute episode of psoriasis, a genetic, non-contagious disease of the skin--complicated by arthritis which is why he could not walkwas discharged March 6. Still in hospital is Mary Grace Clasara, 21, of Sta. Continue reading