Case Study 12.1 THE TERROR OF EBOLA Ebola is a terrifying disease. Victims of th

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Case Study 12.1 THE TERROR OF EBOLA Ebola is a terrifying disease. Victims of the virus suffer from high fever, chills, continuous omiting and diarrhea, muscle aches, bleeding, severe headaches, rashes, and uncontrollable hiccups. Death rates can range from 25%-90%. The infection puts the body into shock and causes dehydration, low blood pressure, and organ failure. There is no known cure, but patients who receive fluids and other forms of support are much more likely to survive. However, victims may never fully recover, experiencing chronic joint pain and blurred vision for the rest of their lives. and Ebola, first identified in 1976, is transmitted from fruit bats to humans in Africa. It then spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of victims. (This puts medical personnel a particular risk.) Past outbreaks were small and limited to rural areas. That all changed in 2014- 2015, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. more than 11,000 died. when an epidemic in West Africa spread from rural regions to major cities in Liberia, According to conservative estimates, 28,000 were infected and Leaders were slow to respond to the crisis, Government officials initially refused o acknowledge the epidemic and health officers failed to share information with their in neighboring countries. Local authorities were afraid of declaring a state of for fear of frightening airlines (who might stop flights) and mining companies arts n this, one of the outside help. D. Executives at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease erestimated the extent of the epidemic (at one point, prematurely declaring it poorest regions of the world. Some regional medical personnel resisted over). Some nurses me nurses, fearing infection, refused to treat Ebola patients Continued)

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1. Ethics of medical profession call for the need of such dedication from the healthcare workers. However, in practice, not many exhibit such courage, selfless and unconditional dedication for care of the sufferers. A medical practitioner owes a moral and professional responsibility for treating he patients, no matter what are the circumstances.

2. When the epidemic is so deadly and contagious that it can affect the mourners of a dead also,and an infection can aggravate the situation even more, leading to the collapse of the healthcare system, it is necessary to give heaalthcare the precedence to the local customs.

3. Citizens and governments of wealthier nations should contribute to the well being of less fortunate people of the poorer countries so that they can withstand against the fury of the nature, at least in terms of self sufficiency to buy medicines and ensure basic healthcare for the sufferers of epdemic.

4. NGOs and social help organisations, healthcare agencies and nonprofits, volunteering organisations and other powerful bodies working for welfare of the needy should join hands together to build a fund to deal with such events, This fund should be reserved for outbreak for such deadly diseases and similar calamities affecting the poorest pf poor nations.

5.The governments should be prepared by establishing a framework to deal with such events in future. It can be in from of a dedicated emergency response team and the standard operating procedure in the event of an outbreak to minimise the damages.

6. The pharmaceutical companies should invest a part of their profit for working on vaccines for such diseases which may affect their home nations as well as their countrymen also, without expecting a profit for the cause of mankind.

7. Leadership in the case should have been more co operative and responsible while dealing with such disease. It should have commincated well with the public and handled the situation with more maturity. On the other hand, people should have learnt the gravity of the situation and acted accordingly so as to prevent more infections. Their responsible behavior could have lessened the damage.

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