Comments on: Chris Fearne’s Ebola tent has collapsed

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:00:28 +0000

Tinda fenomenali.

By: Mercury Rising

Mercury Rising — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:21:42 +0000

In reply to Paul B. In that case there would be the first case of airborne Ebola.

By: Evarist Saliba

Evarist Saliba — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:22:15 +0000

And so, we can put our mind at rest that this government is ready to meet the Ebola challenge head on. MEP Dr Alfred Sant should quote this as an example of what he expects the EU to do to meet this challenge.

By: dg

dg — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:44:50 +0000

This government is not even able to put up a tent, let alone protect us from Ebola.

By: ron

ron — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:38:05 +0000

It-tinda made in China u l-power station il-gdida ukoll. Poplu Malti tista’ sserrah rasek. Jekk se tkun safe daqs it-tinda mela veru qeghdin sew.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:11:44 +0000

Why are Ebola patients to be kept in a tent outdoors, with all the attendant risks of a structure we now know is susceptible to collapse? Effective treatment means not only reducing the chance of infection spreading. It also means minimising risks for further infection for patients with already severely compromised immune systems.

By: etil

etil — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:12:07 +0000

In reply to Len. Wherever they were made, is someone going to be held responsible for another mess up ? No, of course not, it is the PN fault that the tent collapsed ! What a government we have been landed with, one mess after another but wot the hack !

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:02:33 +0000

In reply to Xejn Sew. Follonyou! I love you, Xejn Sew.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:02:00 +0000

In reply to Tabatha White. It's not Ebola, but the Andromeda Strain. A virus that can eat plastic. Don't go anywhere near that tent.

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:33:19 +0000

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-10-16/local-news/MAM-tells-doctors-to-refer-anyone-suspected-of-having-Ebola-hospital-health-workers-need-protection-6736123832

”… authorities wouldn’t have a clue as to whether there could be a case of Ebola in the country since doctors do not always report the case to the authorities at the patient’s request.”

Are these sources saying that Ebola is not a notifiable disease and if not might we perhaps think that it would be a good idea to make it notifiable?

Isn’t it just great to have every Tom, Dick and Harry, just because they are doctors or surgeons, giving out statements when this is such a huge infection control issue?

Infection control has its own experts. But then looking at the Maltese MRSA track record compared to the rest of Europe and the lack of infection control presence on the wards what is one to do except pray?

Even agnostics are looking at better odds with prayer.

A friend who some time ago asked what the doctor said about his MRSA diagnosis was told that it was not his doctor but the infection control department who would send a sticker signed with the MRSA antibiotic prescription via the tubing system and the antibiotic is also sent via the tubing system.

The sticker would then be glued onto his treatment chart. All explanations are left to the nursing staff and a carer would some days later repeat his test swabs. There are so many eyebrow-raising issues here that one is dumbfounded.

All those shudder who realize that most patterns are repeated.