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Chuck Hagel: Pentagon to create fast-responding medical support team to stop US Ebola outbreak
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/chuck-hagel-pentagon-to-create-fast-responding-medical-support-team-to-stop-us-ebola-outbreak/Chuck Hagel: Pentagon to create fast-responding medical support team to stop US Ebola outbreak
Reuters
19 Oct 2014 at 14:24 ET
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the creation of a 30-member expeditionary medical support team to be able to provide emergency help in the event of an Ebola crisis in the United States, a Pentagon spokesman said on Sunday.
The team of five doctors, 20 nurses and five trainers could respond on short notice to help civilian medical professionals, a statement from Rear Admiral John Kirby said.
Three cases of Ebola have been diagnosed in the United States, prompting widespread concern about the potential spread of the virus. A Liberian man fell ill while on a trip to Dallas, Texas, and died on Oct. 8. Two nurses who treated him contracted the disease.
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“They will not be sent to West Africa or elsewhere overseas and will be called upon domestically only if deemed prudent by our public health professionals,” the statement said.