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UMMC says it is ready to care for victims of Ebola
Posted: Aug 07, 2014 12:45 PM CDT Updated: Aug 07, 2014 12:52 PM CDT
Posted by Brad Conaway -
ACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
Although much attention has been placed on a highly specialized isolation unit at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, where two Americans suffering from the deadly Ebola virus are being treated, major medical centers also can care for Ebola patients, health experts say.
That includes the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the state's only Level 1 trauma center that houses significant infectious medicine expertise and daily treats and isolates dozens of patients with highly contagious diseases.
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UMMC routinely treats communicable diseases such as TB or HIV. That expertise and training extends to viruses extremely rare to this country, such as Ebola. "Our job at UMMC is to take care of our staff, our patients and our visitors," said Dr. Elham Ghonim, UMMC's director of infection prevention whose Ph.D. is in clinical health sciences.
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Said Dr. Rathel "Skip" Nolan, UMMC's medical director of infection prevention and director of infectious diseases: "I'd be very surprised if we saw a case at UMMC, but if we did, we know how to handle it, and there would be a half-dozen people with us from the CDC, probably within about six hours."
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http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/2622...tims-of-ebola-and-other-communicable-diseases
Posted: Aug 07, 2014 12:45 PM CDT Updated: Aug 07, 2014 12:52 PM CDT
Posted by Brad Conaway -
ACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
Although much attention has been placed on a highly specialized isolation unit at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, where two Americans suffering from the deadly Ebola virus are being treated, major medical centers also can care for Ebola patients, health experts say.
That includes the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the state's only Level 1 trauma center that houses significant infectious medicine expertise and daily treats and isolates dozens of patients with highly contagious diseases.
...
UMMC routinely treats communicable diseases such as TB or HIV. That expertise and training extends to viruses extremely rare to this country, such as Ebola. "Our job at UMMC is to take care of our staff, our patients and our visitors," said Dr. Elham Ghonim, UMMC's director of infection prevention whose Ph.D. is in clinical health sciences.
...
Said Dr. Rathel "Skip" Nolan, UMMC's medical director of infection prevention and director of infectious diseases: "I'd be very surprised if we saw a case at UMMC, but if we did, we know how to handle it, and there would be a half-dozen people with us from the CDC, probably within about six hours."
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http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/2622...tims-of-ebola-and-other-communicable-diseases