I'm from Spain and we are not a first world country.
Lately the government has been trying to dismantle the public healthcare, try to privatize some of it and reducing its budget. To treat the two priests infected with ebola that were brought here from Africa they had to reopen a previously closed wing from a hospital (Carlos III hospital). The hospital was NOT ready for this kind of illness.
The "union"(I don't know if this is the proper word in english) of Doctors and nurses complained before bringing the infected people here that they were NOT ready for something like this. Still the government brought them in.
These are some images of the hospital with zones that contain materials that could be infected:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzSQRPKIQAADFcg.jpg[1]
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzSQRNEIAAARL3s.jpg[2]
http://cde.peru.com/ima/0/0/8/7/5/875448/924x530/avion.jpg[3]
http://www.abc.es/nacional/MM/201408/06/avionebola--644x362.jpg[4]
http://tecnicopreocupado.com/2014/08/10/se-debe-transportar-asi-a-un-infectado-con-ebola/[5] It's in Spanish, but you can just watch the pictures and get an idea, for instance this is the ambulance transporting one of the infected patients:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BubgfEbCYAAf4-_.jpg[6]
http://oi57.tinypic.com/sxdngy.jpg[7]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...pg/330px-Positive-pressure_biosafety_suit.jpg[8]
http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/10/06/actualidad/1412618449_833358.html[9] the main pics here showing it:
http://ep01.epimg.net/politica/imag...12618449_833358_1412618626_noticia_normal.jpg[10]
http://ep01.epimg.net/politica/imag...12618449_833358_1412618773_sumario_normal.jpg[11]
http://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/carlos_III-ebola-presupuesto-caida_0_308669639.html[12] It's important to note that this is the main hospital in Madrid for research and treatment of diseases like Ebola and such (actually for diseases less deadly and infectuous but still the most important in that regard).
- The main person in charge of health in Madrid said that all the possible controls to the healthcare employees were being taken to ensure they hadn't contracted the infection. Right after some of the nurses who worked with the infected patients said they undergone NO controls whatsoever:http://www.cuartopoder.es/loszapato...ue-atendieron-el-ebola-estan-controlados/3221[13] It's interesting to note that this seems to have been proven, since the now infected nurse went on vacation the day after she finished treating the patient (the day after the patient died).
- A nurse in the intensive care unit of the hospital designated to treat new ebola cases tells about the situation in the hospital. To note some things: the government doesn't give all the procedure protocols needed, and those given are modified according to the elements existing in the hospital instead of the one that are actually needed (for instance they need a special kind of room, but since the hospital doesn't have it they simply claim that such a room is NOT needed). Another really funny thing: they had two meetings to teach them how to use the equipment (the suits and such) and the people trying to teach them didn't know how to properly use the suits, so they kept breaking, plus they didn't have material to cover the faces or the feet, so they used plastic bags and such to do so. Link here: http://amenfermerianoticias.wordpre...go-mayor-que-el-ebola-y-esta-tras-el-cristal/[14]
It all keeps showing more and more that we are not prepared for this and instead of trying to do as much as possible to be prepared, the government prefers to look away from the problem and claim that everything is under control.
Also, thanks for the gold stranger.
EDIT 4: In case anyone is interested (and understands Spanish) here's todays press conference of the health minister
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzS-EpOCAAAaDMR.jpg[16
