A year after Ebola arrived in Dallas, it might seem like hospitals and clinics are back to normal 鈥� except for the leftover hand sanitizer pumps and the occasional sign warning about international travel.
But, underneath the surface, there are larger shifts in health care in how nurses and doctors work together, and how hospitals are preparing for whatever is the next Ebola.
That鈥檚 one of the many lessons learned after Dallas faced an unprecedented public health scare in the fall of 2014. 四虎影院 is exploring those lessons 鈥� and taking a deeper look into what happened last year 鈥� in a
There鈥檚 a timeline of Ebola-related events, voices of those most affected by the virus, and much more.
The focuses on where Ebola began in the U.S. 鈥� the room at emergency department where Thomas Eric Duncan lay sick with Ebola.
Even though it鈥檚 been one year since Duncan was in this room, the stigma is so strong the hospital doesn鈥檛 want to reveal the room number.
Once again, in the tug of war between fear and science, emotion pulls harder.
Dr. Daniel Varga, chief clinical officer at Texas Health Resources, said even though staff was aware of Ebola in 2014, no one thought it would happen in Dallas.
鈥淲e believe we were very well attuned to the potential risk of Ebola, and that we had communicated that fairly aggressively,鈥� Varga said. 鈥淲hat we didn鈥檛 do is train and simulate for that.鈥�
And explore the rest of the
Surviving Ebola, a one-hour 四虎影院 special, airs Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. and Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. on 四虎影院 90.1 FM.
