Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 23, 2014 23:30:37 GMT -6
from MedScape.com
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/833797?src=wnl_edit_newsal
Physician in New York Tests Positive for Ebola
Thurs, Oct 23, 2014
by Robert Lowes
"A New York City physician who recently treated Ebola patients in Guinea as a member of Doctors Without Borders has tested positive for the virus, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced tonight.
The 33-year-old physician, identified by Reuters as Craig Spencer, MD, is the fourth person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. He is a fellow in international emergency medicine at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Spencer had returned to New York from Guinea on October 17. He was rushed to an isolation ward at Bellevue Hospital from his apartment in Manhattan earlier today after he reported having a fever and gastrointestional symptoms, according to New York City officials. Bellevue Hospital is one of eight state hospitals designated to treat patients with suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced tonight that it has dispatched 3 members of its Ebola response team to Bellevue Hospital to offer guidance in infection control and other aspects of patient care. They will join CDC staffers already in New York City who were recently evaluating Bellevue Hospital and other local facilities for their Ebola readiness. The agency said in a statement that "it found the facility to be well prepared to care for a patient with Ebola."
Without naming Dr. Spencer, the CDC said that the nation’s latest Ebola patient, upon arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport on October 17, underwent "enhanced screening" for all travelers from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the epicenter of Africa’s Ebola outbreak. "He went through multiple layers of screening and did not have a fever or other symptoms of illness," the agency said."
[Which means our B.S. 'screening' isn't good enough to detect all infected individuals, despite the phony reassurances regurgitated by our dishonest, corrupt Government. What IS needed is an outright travel ban to & from the region.]
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/833797?src=wnl_edit_newsal
Physician in New York Tests Positive for Ebola
Thurs, Oct 23, 2014
by Robert Lowes
"A New York City physician who recently treated Ebola patients in Guinea as a member of Doctors Without Borders has tested positive for the virus, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced tonight.
The 33-year-old physician, identified by Reuters as Craig Spencer, MD, is the fourth person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. He is a fellow in international emergency medicine at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Spencer had returned to New York from Guinea on October 17. He was rushed to an isolation ward at Bellevue Hospital from his apartment in Manhattan earlier today after he reported having a fever and gastrointestional symptoms, according to New York City officials. Bellevue Hospital is one of eight state hospitals designated to treat patients with suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced tonight that it has dispatched 3 members of its Ebola response team to Bellevue Hospital to offer guidance in infection control and other aspects of patient care. They will join CDC staffers already in New York City who were recently evaluating Bellevue Hospital and other local facilities for their Ebola readiness. The agency said in a statement that "it found the facility to be well prepared to care for a patient with Ebola."
Without naming Dr. Spencer, the CDC said that the nation’s latest Ebola patient, upon arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport on October 17, underwent "enhanced screening" for all travelers from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the epicenter of Africa’s Ebola outbreak. "He went through multiple layers of screening and did not have a fever or other symptoms of illness," the agency said."
[Which means our B.S. 'screening' isn't good enough to detect all infected individuals, despite the phony reassurances regurgitated by our dishonest, corrupt Government. What IS needed is an outright travel ban to & from the region.]