Gov. Rick Perry announces two new Ebola treatment facilities: UT Southwestern and UTMB in Galveston

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Rick Perry announced Tuesday that UT Southwestern Medical Center will head up one of two designated treatment centers for Ebola patients in Texas.

“The goal of these facilities is to rival the most advanced facilities in the world,” the governor said at a news conference at the Dallas hospital. “I don’t think there is a better institution in the world” than UT Southwestern.

The state’s other treatment facility will be at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

UT Southwestern will staff and provide other expertise for the treatment facility, but it won’t be on the hospital’s campus in Dallas’ Medical District. Instead it will be housed in a building at Methodist Health System’s continuing care facility at 401 Campbell Road in Richardson.

Read more: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/gov-rick-perry-announces-two-new-ebola-treatment-facilities-ut-southwestern-in-dallas-and-utmb-in-galveston.html/

[HubertHeaver]

1. That's a good start.

Will there be medical people in charge or bean counters?

The bean counters only responsibilities should be to keep the bills paid and tell the Governor how much money they need to accomplish their mission. No input whatsoever as to treatment plans or treatment protocol. Just pay the bills.

[kestrel91316]

2. ^^^^ THIS.

[atreides1]

3. It's Perry

Of course the bean counters will be in charge!

Bean counters are not known for just paying the bills, especially in the medical field, they have a reputation for assisting in decisions related to treatment!

And if this is being heralded by Perry, it's nothing more then political theater...made for his 2016 White House run!

[HubertHeaver]

6. The bean counters are given to practicing medicine without a license.

We have experienced that in our family.

And I agree about the Gov. He is trying to make himself look good for another self-destructing run at the presidency.

[Downwinder]

4. Texas has standards for abortion clinics, are there standards for hospitals?

The ebola panic has shown that if the protocols are followed ebola is manageable. Who enforces the protocols?

[Control-Z]

5. Now that it's safe and he's back in the country...

This is what we'll do next time! It sounds all good, and I hope they really do carry through with these plans.