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2014-11-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Doctor with Ebola Coming to U.S. for Care

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Ebola patient in Nebraska "extremely ill"
OMAHA, Neb. — A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was in extremely critical condition Sunday at a Nebraska hospital, his doctors said.

Dr. Martin Salia, who was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday, arrived in Omaha on Saturday to be treated at the Nebraska Medical Center's biocontainment unit that has successfully treated two other Ebola patients this fall.

Salia is "extremely ill," said Dr. Phil Smith, who is helping oversee Salia's treatment. The 44-year-old Salia might be more ill than the first Ebola patients successfully treated in the United States, according to the hospital.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-11-16 18:19|| 2014-11-16 18:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Discussing this with MRS. Ret. the other night and I wanted to know why is it necessary to send known carriers to all different hospitals for treatment; wouldn't the logistics and hazards involved mandate using the same location(s), rather than expose entirely new medical populations to this disease?
She thinks its for training, because in a 'drill,' everybody walks through the motions, but if its the real thing people step up and do it right.
Maybe I'm cynical, but if a Navy ship screws up a real General Quarters or a fire ( USS Forresttal comes to mind) the damage is isolated to that ship. You bring an infected person into a metro area and if you do not have a good quarantine process ( and voluntary so far isn't getting it) then you could unleash that into millions of folks.
This just seems nuts to me.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-11-16 19:41|| 2014-11-16 19:41|| Front Page Top

#3 When was the last time some poor bastid in Peoria got sick and a foreign country hauled his arse away to a fancy hospital in Switzerland for expensive treatment ?

WTF over...?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-11-16 19:45|| 2014-11-16 19:45|| Front Page Top

#4 "Salia is 'extremely ill'"

He has Ebola - what was your first clue?

Posted by Barbara 2014-11-16 21:23|| 2014-11-16 21:23|| Front Page Top

#5 why is it necessary to send known carriers to all different hospitals for treatment; wouldn't the logistics and hazards involved mandate using the same location(s), rather than expose entirely new medical populations to this disease?

Don't recall where I saw it, but somebody mentioned that a single Ebola patient tended to swamp the resources of typical hospital.

Posted by SteveS 2014-11-16 23:16|| 2014-11-16 23:16|| Front Page Top

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