Largest U.S. Nurses’ Union makes shocking allegations over Ebola containment efforts in Dallas

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Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient to be diagnosed and die of Ebola inside the U.S., was left in a open area of the emergency room for hours and had so much medical waste that it was left piled to the ceiling, according to a statement released by the largest U.S. Nurses’ Union.

The Statement from National Nurses United vetted information about the handling of the first U.S. Ebola patient on behalf of nurses who work at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital where Duncan received treatment.

A report from CBS Houston covering the statement reads…

Nurses were forced to use medical tape to secure openings in their flimsy garments, worried that their necks and heads were exposed as they cared for a patient with explosive diarrhea and projectile vomiting, said Deborah Burger of National Nurses United.

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RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of Nurses United, said the statement came from “several” and “a few” nurses, but she refused repeated inquiries to state how many. She said the organization had vetted the claims, and that the nurses cited were in a position to know what had occurred at the hospital. She refused to elaborate.

Among the nurses’ allegations was that the Ebola patient’s lab samples were allowed to travel through the hospital’s pneumatic tubes, opening the possibility of contaminating the specimen delivery system. The nurses also alleged that hazardous waste was allowed to pile up to the ceiling. [Emphasis added]

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