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TB infected man coming to Denver ( from Atlanta's CDC )
Rocky staff and wire reports ^
| May 30, 2007
Posted on 05/30/2007 8:43:23 AM PDT by george76
A man diagnosed with a rare strain of tuberculosis will be flown to Denver for treatment at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
This morning, officials at Denver’s National Jewish Medical and Research Center weren’t sure when the now world-famous TB patient would arrive for treatment.
"I think they’re still figuring out how he’s going to get here," said hospital spokesman William Allstetter. The unidentified patient was transferred from New York to Atlanta on a CDC airplane.
Allstetter stressed that National Jewish, which is world renown for treatment of respiratory and immune disorders, is well-prepared to handle the case.
"We treat about a half dozen very drug-resistant TB cases a year," Allstetter said. "The doctors know how to take care and isolate people and we’ve never had any trouble with people contracting that disease (from a TB patient like the Atlanta-area man)."
The patient will be treated in a isolation ward that’s specially pressurized so air only flows into that the room, he said. Air within the room is pumped through a filter where ultra violet light kills any airborne bacteria.
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; US: Colorado; US: Georgia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: airborne; airbornebacteria; bacteria; cdc; drugresistanttb; nationaljewish; tb; tuberculosis; xdrtb
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To: NonValueAdded
Hey, I'd rather take the tax dollar hit up front in terms of isolating this guy in an effective quarantine ward than the economic hit of a XDR TB epidemic. There may be a few other hospitals that can treat XDR TB effectively, but the effective quarantine is the real issue. Also, he hasn't done anything illegal, so if they deny him the most effective medical care available I'm sure the lawsuit wouldn't be pretty.
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:21:21 PM PDT
by
amchugh
(large and largely disgruntled)
To: george76
I wonder about what we are being fed as news, sometimes. Is this some sort of a setup for down the road?
Note to self: Replenish tinfoil supply.
Thanks
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:24:06 PM PDT
by
don-o
(“I don`t expect politicians to solve anyone's problems.The world owes us nothing” Bob Dylan)
To: amchugh
and stupid.
He delayed his treatments to fight the TB.
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:25:26 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: don-o
There are several weird things about this guy and his travel plans.
Maybe we will learn more later ?
84
posted on
05/30/2007 6:28:05 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I agree. Something is fishy about this whole story.
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posted on
05/30/2007 7:38:26 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: george76
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05/30/2007 9:34:36 PM PDT
by
amchugh
(large and largely disgruntled)
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