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re: CDC head slammed for blaming nurse infected with Ebola
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:21 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:21 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
quote:Fortunately it's more likely she'll live. But it is certainly no guarantee.
This 26 year old woman will likely die doing her job trying to help and a high ranking official blames her?
Relative to Freiden's impudent comments, it's worth once again putting a human face to the situation
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DALLAS – The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first person to die of the virus in the U.S. has been identified as 26-year-old Nina Pham.
Health officials have not released the nurse’s name, but Yahoo News identified Pham through public records and a state nursing database.
Then on Monday, Pham’s family confirmed her identity to USA Today, the publication reported. Pham, a critical care nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, is one of at least 50 people who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last Wednesday.
Pham has been in isolation since late Friday. The CDC confirmed her Ebola diagnosis on Sunday. It is the first time the deadly virus has ever been transmitted in the United States.
The Dallas resident is a 2010 graduate of Texas Christian University and has been a nurse since June 2010, according to state records.
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Posted on 10/13/14 at 4:24 pm to NC_Tigah
Criticizing the nurse is absolutely abhorrent. I really, really can't believe that happened.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 8:01 pm to NC_Tigah
That dog's going to be put down if it hasn't been already.
But seriously, American hospitals have been alerted to the possibility of Ebola and they should be able to handle infectious diseases. That means practices and drills. This hospital in particular claimed to have the proper facilities and training but obviously didn't. It's not the poor nurse's fault, it is definitely the hospital's.
The obvious answer would be certification of hospitals and health professionals through a national program but of course that would cause the R-Bots to bitch like hell if this president started it.
But seriously, American hospitals have been alerted to the possibility of Ebola and they should be able to handle infectious diseases. That means practices and drills. This hospital in particular claimed to have the proper facilities and training but obviously didn't. It's not the poor nurse's fault, it is definitely the hospital's.
The obvious answer would be certification of hospitals and health professionals through a national program but of course that would cause the R-Bots to bitch like hell if this president started it.
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