To: Mother Abigail; blam; CathyRyan; bonesmccoy
Closing an ER is a big deal, imho...if the ER is closed, other potential cases which might arise will have to be routed to different hospitals, and their ER's will have to close if it is confirmed...etc...
I don't know how Canada's system works, but we do get direct admissions from dr's offices...the closing of the ER means that potential patients might carry the pathogen to those in the dr's waiting room, his clerical staff, and to the dr himself in a small exam room...
Actually, this seems like a nightmare...
6 posted on
03/23/2003 5:38:52 PM PST by
Judith Anne
(God bless our soldiers with swift victory...)
To: Judith Anne
Just re-reading what you posted earlier...if the ambulance crews are transporting these people....have any of them been affected I wonder? Actually, that's just a rhetorical question...I haven't seen anything in the articles that mentions ambulance crews, I'm just thinking they're at risk. That's a very close environment.
7 posted on
03/23/2003 5:42:24 PM PST by
Judith Anne
(God bless our soldiers with swift victory...)
To: Judith Anne
"Actually, this seems like a nightmare..." This troubles me more than the possibility of a terrorist attack.
8 posted on
03/23/2003 5:45:55 PM PST by
blam
To: Judith Anne
Yep. This has been my fear, that it will be the Drs offices and ERs that will shut down first until they take one hospital as the SARs (and only SARs) facility. Each area needs to get on the ball NOW and the Department of Health should designate or set up a specific site for this.
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