CDC 35 Ebola hospitals - Anyone who has shown symptoms of the dreaded Ebola virus should worry not because there have been 35 hospitals in the United States confirmed to officially treat the disease. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has designated the said 35 hospitals to immediately treat those included in the Ebola outbreak.
Ebola has yet to be contained by the World Health Organization (WHO). Rather than focus on prevention, WHO along with the CDC has come up with their best tool yet - cure. CDC 35 Ebola hospitals have been confirmed. Such hospitals were evaluated by the Rapid Ebola Preparedness team under CDC.
"We continue our efforts to strengthen domestic preparedness and hospital readiness. I am pleased to announce that 35 hospitals have been designated by state health officials as Ebola treatment centers that are prepared, trained and ready to provide care for a patient with Ebola," says Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the Health and Human Services Secretary in an announcement made by the Obama administration Tuesday.
The said CDC 35 Ebola hospitals have the most intensive care provided and isolation wards best suited for the deadly disease. In addition, hospital staff from the said CDC 25 Ebola hospitals have undergone rigid training when it comes to infection control, removal of waste from infected patients' rooms, and the use of personal protective equipment.
The assessments done on the CDC 35 Ebola hospitals was done starting Dec. 1 in over 15 states including Washington, D.C. In California alone, there are four hospitals confirmed to treat Ebola virus. The same number of hospitals has been confirmed in Illinois. Georgia on the other hand has only one official hospital that treats Ebola while Texas has two official hospitals for the treatment of the disease. Check out the full list of CDC 35 Ebola hospitals here.
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