Second U.S. Ebola Patient Identified

[Purveyor]

Source: USA TODAY

John Bacon and Marjorie Owens, USA TODAY 12:58 p.m. EDT October 13, 2014


(Photo: Courtesy of Pham family)

A Dallas health care worker diagnosed with the Ebola virus over the weekend was identified Monday as nurse Nina Pham, her family confirmed.

Pham, 26, became infected while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient to die in the United States. Pham, who graduated from Texas Christian University's nursing program in 2010, is the first person known to contract the disease while in the United States.

Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Monday Pham was "clinically stable."

Frieden also apologized to officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. He said his comments Sunday that Pham's infection was the result of a "breach of protocol" did not reflect on Pham or the hospital's efforts.


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/13/ebola-nurse-who/17182599/

[valerief]

1. So what was the breach in protocol? She didn't bless herself before disrobing? nt

[PeoViejo]

2. 1. Blame the Little People

2. Step on Dick

3 Repeat as long as necessary to lose credibility.

[kestrel91316]

3. It's not Frieden's fault she has Ebola. She almost certainly made the tiniest of slip-ups and nobody

noticed at the time. It happens. You learn from it what you can and move on.

I hope she is ok. She probably will be.

[Mojorabbit]

8. She may have used perfect protocol

The protocol in place may not have been adequate for the real live situation.
We don't yet know.
Nurses are trained in infection control or at least it was part of training when I was a student
years and years ago.

[Skeowes28]

4. I really loath media

It should her choice whether she wanted her name to become public

[VScott]

5. Blame the family...

not the media...

Family identifies Ebola patient

DALLAS — A Dallas nurse diagnosed with the Ebola virus over the weekend is a former Texas Christian University student identified by a family member as 26-year-old Nina Pham.

The family reached out to News 8 Monday morning and shared an image of the nurse who grew up in Fort Worth.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/tarrant-county/2014/10/13/ebola-tcu-christian-student-dallas-nurse/17192239/

[JDPriestly]

6. It is a news story. Of course her name is public.

Why should her name not be public?

She did not even do anything wrong?

The hospital may not have been prepared to treat an ebola patient. After all, he was the first person in the US to walk into a hospital not having been previously diagnosed with ebola. There is no shame for her.

[nytemare]

7. Poor woman. I hope she has a full recovery. n/t