Comments on: Research Suggests Healthcare Workers Could Balk At Treating Ebola Patients

By: Shobede Q.K

Shobede Q.K — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:21:58 +0000

I think the health workers who treat ebola patients are very brave because everybody is scared of this disease since it is very contagious and harmful.

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By: BDoyle

BDoyle — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 01:50:27 +0000

The belief was that an Ebola case could be safely treated by a typical general hospital in such an advanced country like the U.S. (or Spain). That belief is pretty much exploded now, and I was glad to see the patients transferred to specialized facilities. There is not much room at these facilities though, so I expect much stricter quarantines in the future. Here in Dallas, the government is finally waking up and starting to put these kinds of things in place. Officially, it is “voluntary” quarantine, but I expect that is mostly to keep other people calm.

By: Sailor

Sailor — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:07:04 +0000

If there is a problem, they can ask for volunteers, give them a little more status and pay and there will be plenty of takers. Anyone dealing with highly infectious people and having to wear those suits should have special training and extra benefits anyway.

By: Astrostevo

Astrostevo — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:44:45 +0000

The nurses and doctors who volunteer and risk their lives to help ebola patients are true heroes. Major, *major* respect -and best wishes and hopes for them.

By: Elsdon Ward

Elsdon Ward — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:21:32 +0000

Beraing your comments in mind it would be reasonable to assume that this has been thought out at highest level. If there is an ill designed handling and management plan, if the correct equipment in sufficient quantities is not in place, if there is no global waste containment and disposal plan, if there is no facility for rest and recovery for these workers and if the workers continue to be blamed – who will be left who will be prepared to put their lives in unnecessary danger?In all Nations, all must get fingers out, including admin staff, management staff and all the talkers who will have to be putting in the positive preventative measures.

By: daedalus2u

daedalus2u — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 01:54:33 +0000

If you don’t get paid sick leave, if you don’t have employer paid health insurance (and life insurance), if you don’t get a living wage, if you don’t have disability insurance that will cover you and your family if you become incapacitated, it would be unreasonable to expect people to work under such conditions.

Throw in the fuster-cluck of mismanagement by people who do have all those things, and balking for better conditions makes perfect sense.

The health care system that provides all of these things to all health care workers as a matter of course, buys a great deal of good-will when things become dicey, because people are confident they won’t be flushed down the toilet to increase profits for those at the top.

When flushing those at the bottom down the toilet to increase profits is SOP, then it is not unexpected that such disposable workers would balk,