Dallas, Texas – The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas announced that their facility’s Ebola treatment readiness are sufficient. But reactions arise regarding Dallas’ readiness because of some Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines were clearly not ready.
The tension between the public and science also contributed to the fears which explained the puzzling reactions of America’s government about the first Ebola case being reported. These are just some of the initial responses given regarding Dallas’ Ebola treatment readiness and was questioned by health experts and journalists last Wednesday night at a forum at the Vital Lessons.
The University of Texas’ The Dallas Morning News sponsored the event which brought together officials who are tasked to quickly transform the appearance of Ebola and also science writers that covered daily developments regarding prevention and urgent care needs.
The editor of the Sunday & Enterprise Tom Huang asked “Is it over yet?” This is after six full weeks of living with thoughts of the need of urgent care near me, and living with the feeling of being in crisis mode. Tom added that it is hard to accept that no individual doesn’t have doubts or questions right now. The editor stated these words when he was introducing the panel, which included researchers, doctors, and politicians.
Questions were raised about Dallas’ Ebola treatment readiness by reporters, tweets, and also members of the live audience totaling to about 300 individuals paved a way to clarify and answer arising questions that cropped up since the first Ebola patient was diagnosed last September 28.
Aside from other Dallas urgent care clinics, Presbyterian leadership and facility were questioned if they were ready for that particular first case. In response, Presbyterian parent company’s chief clinical officer Dr. Dan Varga stated that they were adequately and completely prepared in treating any Ebola patient, but not completely prepared for an individual to walk in the front door to be given a diagnosis of Ebola.
Dr. Dan Varga added that when Eric Duncan went to their emergency room, their staff misdiagnosed him with sinusitis. Which is likely to happen to any urgent care clinic because both have similar symptoms. He then returned by ambulance after three days and within one minute was put in their isolation room.
Varga also stated that Duncan’s full analysis is in the process of being written to be submitted after a month in order to be peer-reviewed. He also added that the analysis outcome won’t hold nothing back, criticisms of their Ebola treatment readiness will also be reported.
