Presbyterian Hospital a Ghost Town

[BillB]

Politicians count on the public having short memories. "They can't remember over six months back" is the standard rule.
I'm not sure it will happen in this case.
I hope the hospital doesn't have to close, but I hope the liars who run it are gotten rid of.


The Dallas nurses who contracted Ebola while treating a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital have been moved from the building, but patients are still steering clear of the once-bustling hospital.

People have called to cancel outpatient procedures, and some have even opted not to go to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in emergency situations, ABC Dallas affiliate WFAA reports.

"It feels like a ghost town," Rachelle Cohorn, a local health care vendor who has been to the hospital recently, told WFAA. "No one is even walking around the hospital."

Texas Health Presbyterian's average emergency room wait time had been 52 minutes, according to federal hospital data. But when ABC News called the hospital and asked the emergency department for the ER wait time today, the response was that there was no wait time.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-scar ... d=26276610

[LibraryLady]

Last Monday I was in the medical offices bldg (bldg B) and it looked like business as usual--based on parking lot and people in snack room and hall.

I am returning today. I expect to see the same.

According to DMN, the emergency room is outsourced and the employees are not Presby employees.

[grouchy]

I would not have a problem with receivinc care there.

[BigTex]

Me either

They are going to have to fight through a PR nightmare, just like an airline does when there is an incident.

[LibraryLady]

BT, you are correct.

FWIW, it was business as usual down in the medical office bldg today.

[BillB]

Two-thirds of the beds sit empty in the Dallas hospital where a patient died recently from Ebola.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has 900 beds, but is down to only 300 patients, a CDC official who was at the hospital told CNN. Hospital officials would not comment on that report.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/17/news/co ... -hospital/

[LibraryLady]

Maybe it is a good thing that patient count is down, since so many of the nursing staff are unable to work right now.

[BigTex]

Max bed capacity doesn't matter.

Average daily census is what matters.