CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
“The Cleveland Department of Health confirms emergency crews responded to W. 56 to pick up a possible Ebola patient on Sunday. However, he has tested negative.
Dan Williams, public information officer, says around 12:15 p.m., EMS received a 911 call for West 56th Street. Due to the patient’s illness and unclear history, during the 911 call, interrogation decided to have fire first responders clear the scene until EMS arrived.
According to Williams, once the information was received, the arriving EMS crew donned the appropriate personal protective equipment, taking all precautionary measures to utilize proper protocols. The EMS captain was on scene and made contact with the receiving hospital. Contact was also made to the director of Public Health, health epidemiologist, and Safety.
The crew then drove to MetroHealth, where they worked cooperatively with staff to get the patient into the hospital.”
After a couple of hours of testing, it was determined the man was not a victim or carrier and there was no further concern.”
According to Williams, once the information was received, the arriving EMS crew donned the appropriate personal protective equipment, taking all precautionary measures to utilize proper protocols. The EMS captain was on scene and made contact with the receiving hospital. Contact was also made to the director of Public Health, health epidemiologist, and Safety.
The crew then drove to MetroHealth, where they worked cooperatively with staff to get the patient into the hospital.
After a couple of hours of testing, it was determined the man was not a victim or carrier and there was no further concern.”
So,the plan is to treat any Ebola pt’s at Metro?
All it will take in ONE Ebola patient to start puking,bleeding out of his/her eyes,and spewing virus and blood laced diarrhea all over the ER-then it’s game over for any emergency health care from the hospital that serves 90% plus of the areas poor folks.
Where’s the “world renowned” Cleveland Clinic?
Cleveland Clinic is simply not going to treat Ebola patients it seems-that would deny them the ability to screen patients,and decline to treat anyone that they are not 99% sure will have a positive outcome from their course of treatment.
The Cleveland Clinic will not treat anyone with osteomyelitis,other than offering to perform an amputation…
I know that from personal experience.
Osteomyelitis is only a simple staph infection,the problem is antibiotics don’t penetrate bone very well.
If that’s not something they are willing to treat-then there’s no way in hell they’re gonna treat Ebola.
Treating patients who might screw up their 99% success rate would ruin their reputation-the dickheads.