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Travis_0004

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7. Bellevue is a level one Trauma center

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 02:26 PM

Oct 2014

I would expect them to be better prepared than a level 3 trauma center in Dallas.

They have more than double the beds in New york, probably double the doctors, and a lot more than double the budget, as well as the ability to learn from the mistakes in Dallas.

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NY Ebola Response: Polar Opposite of Dallas's [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

I love New York, but I think whichever city was first would have been caught hedgehog Oct 2014 #1

I'm not so sure. I read that Belleview already had regular drills for handling highly contagious pnwmom Oct 2014 #2

Bellevue is a level one Trauma center Travis_0004 Oct 2014 #7

I don't etherealtruth Oct 2014 #5

don't break that arm NYTimes LOL snooper2 Oct 2014 #3

when you live in a libertarian wet dream there are consequences La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2014 #4

Unfortunately NY now gets a FAIL for joining up with NJ's draconian policy kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #6

Yup, even if they test negative on the test. uppityperson Oct 2014 #10

NY was well prepared before Dallas, before Ebola came to US. JaneyVee Oct 2014 #8

That's true, at least for this hospital. They were already having drills on handling pnwmom Oct 2014 #9

Mr. Spencer told them he worked with Ebola victims. So they knew what to look for. LisaL Oct 2014 #11

I think if he showed up there and told them he'd recently come from Liberia, pnwmom Oct 2014 #12

But they knew it was Ebola upfront, or very probably so. This comparison is apples to oranges. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #13