Source: www.npr.org - Monday, March 02, 2015
Nurse Treated For Ebola To Sue Texas Hospital March 02, 2015 5:09 AM ET Doreen McCallister Nina Pham, 26, who became the first person to contract Ebola within the United States, tells the Dallas Morning News that she worries about continued health issues and will sue the hospital where she contracted Ebola. Uncredited/AP Nurse Nina Pham tells the Dallas Morning News that while she is Ebola free, she suffers residual effects from contracting the disease from a patient she cared for last fall at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas . Pham's patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, was the first person in the United States diagnosed with Ebola. Duncan contracted Ebola in Liberia and later traveled to Dallas. Pham, 26, was the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil . Pham tells the paper in an interview published Saturday that she will file a lawsuit Monday in Dallas County against Texas Health Resources, the parent company of the Dallas hospital where she worked. She says the hospital lacked proper training and proper equipment. She also says the hospital violated her privacy — making her "a symbol of corporate neglect — a casualty of a hospital system's failure to prepare for a known and impending medical crisis." Texas Health Resources responded to the article with a statement from spokesman Wendell Watson. "Nina Pham bravely served Texas Health Dallas during a most difficult time. We continue to support and wish the best for her, a
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Nurse Treated For Ebola To Sue Texas Hospital March 02, 2015 5:09 AM ET Doreen McCallister Nina Pham, 26, who became the first person to contract Ebola within the United States, tells the Dallas Morning News that she worries about continued health issues and will sue the hospital where she contracted Ebola. Uncredited/AP Nurse Nina Pham tells the Dallas Morning News that while she is Ebola free, she suffers residual effects from contracting the disease from a patient she cared for last fall at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas . Pham's patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, was the first person in the United States diagnosed with Ebola. Duncan contracted Ebola in Liberia and later traveled to Dallas. Pham, 26, was the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil . Pham tells the paper in an interview published Saturday that she will file a lawsuit Monday in Dallas County against Texas Health Resources, the parent company of the Dallas hospital where she worked. She says the hospital lacked proper training and proper equipment. She also says the hospital violated her privacy — making her "a symbol of corporate neglect — a casualty of a hospital system's failure to prepare for a known and impending medical crisis." Texas Health Resources responded to the article with a statement from spokesman Wendell Watson. "Nina Pham bravely served Texas Health Dallas during a most difficult time. We continue to support and wish the best for her, afrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/17K2qL1
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