Doctors and other health workers criticized after the death of the Ebola patient in Dallas on Wednesday.
Thomas Eric Duncan became the first confirmed case of the deadly disease when he tested positive in a series of tests. With his death on Wednesday, many believe that the hospital's health care team did not give much attention to his case. It can be recalled that the 46 year-old native of Liberia visited Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on September 24 when he manifested a low-grade fever; however, he was also discharged the following day.
The dismissal of Duncan while he was already contagious at that time from the said hospital in Dallas has gathered many criticisms. With the failure of the doctors and other members of the health care team to properly diagnose the patient with Ebola already imposes a huge risk not just for the patient's self, but also to the hospital staff and other people he had contacted while starting to get sick. It was in September 28 that Duncan returned to the said facility when he already showed episodes of diarrhea, abdominal pain and low-grade fever wherein he already tested positive for the disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has already emphasized that the early diagnosis of the patients infected with the virus plays a vital role in its prognosis. In the case of Duncan, health officials said that an investigation will be considered especially regarding how the doctors managed the case. There are claims that the Ebola-infected patient may still be alive today if only the hospital admitted him when he first came.
Duncan receives the experimental drug, brincidofovir as his medication before his heart stopped on Wednesday morning in the said hospital in Dallas. According to a statement from the hospital's rep, his doctors did not carry out defibrillation or chest compressions because it is what Duncan previously instructed. Meanwhile, Dallas County Deputy Michael Monnig, an Ebola-suspected patient already tested positive for the infection.
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