Spain and Ebola
 

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http://www.publico.es/actualidad/548515/el-contagio-de-la-enfermera-revela-el-descontrol-total-frente-al-ebola#

I don't think I will be complaining about the NHS ever again.

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Total jackasses. I wasn't an alarmist having professional experience related to microbiology, but if Spain can't deal with this properly then I hate to think what will happen if this hits somewhere like Delhi or Manila.

(Hit google translate if you can't read spanish)


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 4:44 pm
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Incredible. Its covered in the UK press too, pretty shambolic and the nurse had to report her fever herself and demand repeatedly to be tested.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 4:55 pm
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Yup, I do find it incredible. On the other hand the Nigerians have been doing a great job, maybe they can send advisers to Spain to teach them some basic containment procedures. 😀


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 5:00 pm
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Chlorine bleach...[i]EVERYTHING[/i].


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 5:01 pm
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Always start my epidemics in Delhi on plague.inc. Proven strategy.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 5:02 pm
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Spain? I feel like Ive got it and I live in somerset! My evening with the kids and a puppy has never been less appealing!


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 5:22 pm
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On the other hand the Nigerians have been doing a great job

Not sure anyone really knows whats going on in Nigeria, certainly not the government....


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 8:13 pm
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Blame needs to be laid at the feet of the Spanish minister for health. She did absolutely nothing to ensure that correct quarantine measures would be enforced.
A classic example of an elected official not having any idea of what the job entails. Welcome to politics in Spain.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 8:22 pm
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The NHS, has a problem with treating MRSA and Cdiff, both infectious and both can kill service users, what chance have we against Ebola when it arrives.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 8:23 pm
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All the best to [url= http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11520239.On_the_Ebola_frontline/ ]22 Field Hospital AMS[/url] - good on 'em.

@Project - disinfect, disinfect, disinfect... but beyond the principles of sound infection control, there's really not much to be gained from comparing Ebola with MRSA or [i]C.Diff[/i]. Very different beasts.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 8:28 pm
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All the best to 22 Field Hospital AMS - good on 'em.

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M*A*S*H :mrgreen: has always made me want to do a stint with a field hospital, be it in the military or Medicines Sans Frontiers.

One day I'll get round to doing it.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 8:47 pm
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@Project - disinfect, disinfect, disinfect... but beyond the principles of sound infection control, there's really not much to be gained from comparing Ebola with MRSA or C.Diff. Very different beasts.

my point is all 3 require quarantine and isolation,, most hospitals dont have the facilities oe staff to provide that service, so they close wards, or ban admissions to ill service users/patients.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 8:55 pm
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Medicines Sans Frontiers

As [url= https://id.theguardian.com/profile/john_grey0129/public ]somebody in the [i]Grauniad[/i] comments points out[/url]: [i]"MSF, a small volunteer organisation dependent on donations has managed far better and more professionally than either West Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas or Carlos III Hospital in Madrid."[/i]

Project - ok, but that's not only true of the NHS (although major UK hospitals do generally have designated isolation capacity). It's a challenge for any developed healthcare system you care to mention.


 
Posted : 07/10/2014 9:02 pm

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