" The sister of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States says he told relatives he notified officials the first time he went to the hospital that he was visiting from Liberia.

Mai Wureh says her brother, Thomas Eric Duncan, went to a Dallas emergency room on Friday and they sent him home with antibiotics. She says he said hospital officials asked for his Social Security number and he said that he didn't have one because he was visiting from Liberia."

They sent him home with anti-biotics... Exposing how many more people to Ebola...

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/20.../16524303/

Any one from Africa needs to be quarantined. Including our service members upon their return.

(10-01-2014 01:25 PM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  Any one from Africa needs to be quarantined. Including our service members upon their return.

Id put them all on a very slow air craft carrier coming back give them a nice 3 week cruise..

I don't think it was malpractice. Why would a doctor in Dallas be looking out for Ebola? If it happens again somewhere in the US, I'll agree. The CDC should now step in an advise hospitals to be on alert when dealing with specific symptoms from people who have traveled to Africa.

(10-01-2014 01:29 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I don't think it was malpractice. Why would a doctor in Dallas be looking out for Ebola? If it happens again somewhere in the US, I'll agree. The CDC should now step in an advise hospitals to be on alert when dealing with specific symptoms from people who have traveled to Africa.

Because the guy was fresh n from Libera... Were talking doctors not the average guy on the street..

(10-01-2014 01:29 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I don't think it was malpractice. Why would a doctor in Dallas be looking out for Ebola? If it happens again somewhere in the US, I'll agree. The CDC should now step in an advise hospitals to be on alert when dealing with specific symptoms from people who have traveled to Africa.

That's horsehead. As soon as we found out that there was a single person in the U/S with Ebola, our medical professionals should have been on alert to test any patient that came in with fitting symptoms until they were 110% positive that person wasn't infected.

(10-01-2014 01:50 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 01:29 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I don't think it was malpractice. Why would a doctor in Dallas be looking out for Ebola? If it happens again somewhere in the US, I'll agree. The CDC should now step in an advise hospitals to be on alert when dealing with specific symptoms from people who have traveled to Africa.

That's horsehead. As soon as we found out that there was a single person in the U/S with Ebola, our medical professionals should have been on alert to test any patient that came in with fitting symptoms until they were 110% positive that person wasn't infected.

I don't disagree. This is the first public case. From now on, hospitals should be on alert.

(10-01-2014 01:42 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 01:29 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I don't think it was malpractice. Why would a doctor in Dallas be looking out for Ebola? If it happens again somewhere in the US, I'll agree. The CDC should now step in an advise hospitals to be on alert when dealing with specific symptoms from people who have traveled to Africa.

Because the guy was fresh n from Libera

Avoiding the obvious.

(10-01-2014 01:52 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 01:50 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(10-01-2014 01:29 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I don't think it was malpractice. Why would a doctor in Dallas be looking out for Ebola? If it happens again somewhere in the US, I'll agree. The CDC should now step in an advise hospitals to be on alert when dealing with specific symptoms from people who have traveled to Africa.

That's horsehead. As soon as we found out that there was a single person in the U/S with Ebola, our medical professionals should have been on alert to test any patient that came in with fitting symptoms until they were 110% positive that person wasn't infected.

I don't disagree. This is the first public case. From now on, hospitals should be on alert.

As dangerous as this disease, or virus is, they should have been on alert from the first case with the missionaries down in Florida. This is something that could wipe 80% of Americans out if we don't get control of it. I have a very strong immune system, as does my dad and two of my kids, but that still means that my other two kids and lots of family could catch this crap.