What should a person suspected to be suffering from SARS do?
SARS should be suspected if the patient has fever and other signs suggestive of the disease and has been in close contact with SARS patients or visited areas of countries with known cases of SARS (See Q 2). A health care worker should be contacted or a hospital facility visited and the patient suspected of the disease should inform the health care provider of any recent visit to a country/area where SARS is being reported or provide the history of contact with a patient suspected to be suffering from SARS. When the patient complains of breathing difficulty or shortness of breath, hospitalization is advised (See Q 20).
