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VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED FOR PANDEMIC FLU DRILL
02/06/2007
Volunteers are still needed to help out in a drill designed to test the effectiveness of local pandemic flu preparedness.
Health officials from Smith and Gregg counties hammered out the details Tuesday of a regional pandemic flu drill, scheduled Feb. 27.
During the drill, public officials, emergency management personnel and hospital staff will work together to practice preparing for a local outbreak of H5N1 strain of bird flu.
"If we have a true epidemic, like we had in 1918, it will make (Hurricane) Katrina look like a walk in the park," said Chris Bland, safety manager at Good Shepherd Health System.
Health officials have been planning this drill since October.
Volunteers are needed to act as patients in the drill.
The drill will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 27. A tabletop exercise will be held at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 26 at the Regional Training and Development Campus at Tyler Junior College's West Campus.
Those interested in participating can meet at the staging sites at 7 a.m. at Marvin United Methodist Church at 300 West Erwin Street in Tyler or at the Longview Mall at 3500 McCann Road. For more information call Brian Bradley at 903-237-2605.
Parents are urged to bring their children to volunteer. Free lunch will be served. Anyone can come and observe.
02/06/2007
Volunteers are still needed to help out in a drill designed to test the effectiveness of local pandemic flu preparedness.
Health officials from Smith and Gregg counties hammered out the details Tuesday of a regional pandemic flu drill, scheduled Feb. 27.
During the drill, public officials, emergency management personnel and hospital staff will work together to practice preparing for a local outbreak of H5N1 strain of bird flu.
"If we have a true epidemic, like we had in 1918, it will make (Hurricane) Katrina look like a walk in the park," said Chris Bland, safety manager at Good Shepherd Health System.
Health officials have been planning this drill since October.
Volunteers are needed to act as patients in the drill.
The drill will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 27. A tabletop exercise will be held at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 26 at the Regional Training and Development Campus at Tyler Junior College's West Campus.
Those interested in participating can meet at the staging sites at 7 a.m. at Marvin United Methodist Church at 300 West Erwin Street in Tyler or at the Longview Mall at 3500 McCann Road. For more information call Brian Bradley at 903-237-2605.
Parents are urged to bring their children to volunteer. Free lunch will be served. Anyone can come and observe.
