@am*3 wrote:
Not only Australian personnel sent there by the Govt that could contract ebola virus and carry it back here.
The QLD returning volunteer developed a fever after she got home and reported herself to the authorities.
One of my friends is a GP, he said that they now get so many enquiries from people worried that they have either come into contact with the virus here, or that whatever sniffle they have is a sign they have ebola.
and it isn't enough for those ringing to just talk to the nurse or receptionist, they want to hear it from "the doctor" and as he said, he will not make a diagnosis over the phone and as such can do no more than encourage them to come in for a consultation. He said he has bnot had one case where he has suspected any possibility of ebola or any other infectious disease other than usual garden variety viruses etc, so has not seen reason to alert authorities from phone conversations (or any who have come into the practice.)
He said the irony of it all was, that many people come into his office and the local hospital with the thought that they may have ebola, but come in without any concern for if or how they may be spreding the virus if they do have it.
One of his patients was a pregnant woman who had inhaled the fumes of raw sewerage following a burst pipe - she was concerned about having ebola.
Imagine how much this will increase once we have reported people returning from infected areas (whether they are well or not). People are already alarmed.
The only winners here are the doctors whose volume of patients increase whilst those requiring medical attention incur prolonged waiting times.
It's not the direct cost or possible casualties which are the sole concern. It is also the indirect costs that fear creates.
Every time a person goes to a GP or a hospital, whether it is founded or not, it costs money.
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