10-7-14
By Sharon K. Gilbert
In an early release Tuesday of its Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report, the Centers for Disease Control disclosed startling revelations from the frontlines of the West African Ebola crisis, finding four counties in southeastern Liberia were unable to respond to the outbreak as little as two months ago.
In August, a team of CDC evaluators headed by physician James D. Forrester spent nine days in Liberia assessing emergency preparedness in collaboration with the Liberian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
At the time of their visit to Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, River Gee and Maryland counties Aug. 6-14, not one report of Ebola had been filed in the area.
Each of the counties had just one hospital, with only about 100 to 150 beds each. The local health-care workers had no disposable gloves, no soap and no bleach or gel-based hand cleansers.
Washing stations, if they existed, consisted of a jug filled with water and a basin.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/cdc-reveals-shocking-conditions-in-liberia/#i9f4GkwZBRjCC1se.99
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