Posted on 10/19/2014 1:54:44 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Texas Health Resources CEO Barclay Berdan had a letter published in both The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Sunday editions apologizing for some aspects of the response of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to the first U.S. case of the Ebola virus.
While expressing gratitude to the caregivers for their “dedication, compassion and tireless work” in caring for Ebola patients Thomas Eric Duncan, and Texas Health Presbyterian nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, who both contracted the virus at the hospital, Berdan acknowledges Texas Health Resources “made mistakes in handling this very difficult challenge.”
Read Berdan’s Entire Letter Here
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Why are they apologizing for following faulty CDC protocols?
I heard last night that Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is about one half to two thirds empty because no one will go there now.
Just follow the money folks, it works every time with the wanna-be communists...
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I surmise that hospital personnel had not only never treated a case of ebola before, but they didn’t initially know the problem was ebola. So I will commend them for at least giving the case the “old college try.”
I think they wanted to take care of Duncan to beef up their prestige( that had already taken a hit due to the misdiagnosis), instead of sending him to one of the four hospitals skilled in treating Ebola.
When they made that decision to keep Duncan , they should have known that the PPE the nurses wore was inadequate. So, instead of going to Home Depot to obtain Tyvek suits, they forced the nurses to wear inadequate coverage, over their protests. Another cheap move on their part, as Tyvek suits cost $7-10 each, and they probably did not want to spend the money.
Then, in a real moment of being absolutely cheap, they assign an ICU level patient to a nurse who had 3 other patients. That is dangerous, for the other patients that the nurse had to take care of. I would never want to be in a hospital ICU as a patient with horrid staffing levels like that. All ICUs should have a nurse patient ratio of 1:1 or 1:2. This staffing ratio for ICU patients is negligence.
Then, they send the specimens through the tube system, contaminating the rest of the hospital.
I would never want to be a patient in this hospital at all.
Well, irrational fear of catching toxic cooties from the building itself aside, there are numerous medical workers there still being monitored. But, the biggest thing is the perception of incompetence that has been created. What a cluster. Would you trust this bunch to even put you under anesthesia for major surgery now? I don’t know that I would. Top level apologies and PR aren’t going to regain trust, only time and consistently competent performance can do that.
Everyone infected by the two nurses will owe their struggle to the Governor of Texas (did I say RICK PERRY yet?), but, so far, only the two nurses will owe their plight to King Obama.
Remember, all. There are cowards and incompetents on both sides of the fence.
And Rick Perry is one of them.
The hospital is run as a non-profit and the CEO is a DemonRAT contributor. So the problems are:
There are quite a few straddling the fence, too.
Don’t say that just because it’s the truth. you’ll upset all his RINO supporters who think he is incapable of error and the greatest boon to border security ever. Who needs a stupid fence? Texas has Rick Perry. No illegal shall pass! He;s like Gandalf almost.
Don’t say that just because it’s the truth. you’ll upset all his RINO supporters who think he is incapable of error and the greatest boon to border security ever. Who needs a stupid fence? Texas has Rick Perry. No illegal shall pass! He;s like Gandalf almost.
So nice I said it twice!
An apology that tries to deflect blame by focusing on the idea that the nurse lacked training—instead of acknowledging their staff had been given woefully inadequate protective gear.
CDC? That's an acronym for Center for Disease Control? Yes?
Seems they may be due for a name change. How about Center for Disease Propagation?
This was Rick Perry’s moment to show real leadership. But, he has disappeared. He ruined his chances of the Presidency by his lack of leadership in Texas.
Circulation. That way we save a few hundred million on the stationary changeover and business card reprinting.
Every other hospital in America is saying right now, “Thank God it wasn’t us.”
That won’t last much longer.
Defund the CDC! Exterminate the FDA! Government is the problem. — President Ronald Reagan
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