There is no more pressing issue in the United States currently than Ebola. Many are skeptical of assurances from President Obama and health authorities that they can manage the deadly disease, reports GHN based on DW.
Her fear is great as well as her outrage: Jowita Lynn has worked as an emergency room nurse for ten years and knows the harsh business of emergency medical care. Yet never has she felt more vulnerable than now since the unexpected infection of two colleagues in Dallas with the Ebola virus:
"We are lacking critical equipment; we are lacking training and practice to treat these patients," she told Deutsche Welle.
One senses that she is not only reflecting on the harsh criticism leveled at her union and the rising discontent Americans have expressed in polls with the crisis management, health authorities and hospital directors. It is personally very serious for her. With big eyes and a firm voice she said, "we are afraid, we are not prepared."
Lynn works for the Catholic Providence Hospital in Washington, DC. With more than 400 beds, it is one of the larger Hospitals in the US capital. In the hospital's mission statement, it indicates that it wants to provide its patients with the best possible care, and that in the spirit of Christian "joy, diligence, and respect." But Lynn is not so sure. First and foremost she sees little respect and concern of the hospital leadership for the employees. "Honestly, I don't believe that management is taking the whole Ebola thing seriously," she said.