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I'm not sure treating them is all that complex, or there aren't enough doctors. There appear to not be enough isolated beds, which can be fixed by the military
by x0x0 12y ago
I'm not sure treating them is all that complex, or there aren't enough doctors. There appear to not be enough isolated beds, which can be fixed by the military building them.
Frankly, the level of nursing required for this is probably not that high and can be staffed by locals. They just need facilities, equipment, and supplies.
- danieltillett 12y agoThe medical needs are pretty great with Ebola (it is nasty), but if the aim is to control the outbreak the most important thing is isolation. The hospitals can’t be seen as a death camp or else we won’t get people to come to the hospital in the first place defeating the purpose of the setting them up. Any hospital will have to offer real treatment where your chance of survival is greater in the hospital than it would be being cared for by your family at home. Even if we go down the path of training locals they will still need to be supported so we will need a lot of trained medical staff - even assuming one trained nurse per every 10 beds we would need 10,000 nurses (the norm in most hospitals is 1 nurse per bed). We might be able to reach this number with volunteers, but my feeling is people are going to be reluctant to go.