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Eight New York Hospitals Designated to Treat Ebola Patients
Wall Street Journal ^ | October 16, 2014 | By JOSEPH DE AVILA

Posted on 10/16/2014 4:30:09 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that eight hospitals in New York state will provide specialized care should any Ebola cases be identified in the state.

The hospitals include Mount Sinai Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Bellevue Hospital Center, Montefiore Medical Center, North Shore-LIJ Health System, SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, University of Rochester Medical Center and Stony Brook University Hospital.

Mr. Cuomo said police, airport workers, hospital workers and Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees are also being trained to identify Ebola symptoms.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ebola
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They designated three others in Dallas over the weekend. None of these are Level 4 units. They’ll have the same problem as THPH did. Unless this is to get ahead of the upcoming explosion curve.


21 posted on 10/16/2014 6:15:11 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: purplelobster
Barry wants commercial airlines to continue importing ebola. For this to get out of hand it will take just one infected person to take a few rides on a crowded NYC subway to create an uncontrolled outbreak.

The risk is mostly to health care workers. It's not terribly infectious early on in the disease. Late in the disease, the victim is not going to feel like riding the subway. Or even talking.

That said, I would probably use a hand sanitizer after riding a NYC subway -- but that was probably a good idea even before Ebola.

22 posted on 10/16/2014 7:09:57 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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