Emergency dispatchers in New York City have been forbidden from saying the word “Ebola” over the radio, according to a new report.
The New York Post(http://bit.ly/1w8T42Q) says a Fire Department of New York memo instructs all personnel to use more vague terms when discussing the deadly disease, which is spreading rapidly in West Africa and has led to at least three cases in the United States.
A source said the directive is meant to minimize public fears of an outbreak in the city, according to the report.
Read more about the situation in New York athttp://bit.ly/1w8T42Q.
Recently, theSan Antonio (TX) Firefighters Union filed a complaintwith the state of Texas and announced that its members feel poorly prepared to respond to the threat of Ebola. Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed in the United States, fell ill with the deadly disease in Dallas last month, and two of the nurses who dealt with him have also contracted Ebola.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has providedinterim guidanceforemergency medical servicesproviders in dealing with possible Ebola patients.
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