Treatment of infectious diseases creates “clustering” of patients – as those people who show symptoms flow to a common geographical source for treatment. However, just like actual cells in a virus, the clustering behavior of people can become the problem.
As the size of the population ‘cluster’ increases, so too does the need for treatment staff and supportive personnel. As the size of the entire populous grows at the facility, the risk of expanded hosts for the virus similarly increases. In rare cases, very rare instances, treatment facilities are closed because they themselves become the bigger risk.
(Via Gateway Pundit) The Nigerian government today shut down the First Consultants Medical Center in Lagos to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. The chief medical director Dr. Samuel Brisbane died from the disease this week.
As part of measures to prevent the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Federal Government have shut down the hospital, First Consultants Medical Centre Limited, Ikoyi Road, Obalende, Lagos, where the first victim died.