This
week’s blog is a follow up on the H7N9 flu in China. After reading this
article, I got the since that China handles things, such as crisis’ and major
issues, way differently than the U.S. According to the article, China is making
improvements on its promptness of diseases and with informing the family of the
diseased. There was one case where it was unclear if authorities had informed
the family of a patient when it was discovered he had the virus. The patient’s
family only found out that he was one of the first victims of this new virus,
when friends alerted him to official media reports. This was more than two
weeks after he fell sick and died due to lung failure. A woman who had answered
the phone at the hospital in Shanghai told a family member when they called
that it is not the faculty’s responsibility to notify relatives about the
diagnosis. The Communist Youth Daily newspaper commented on the issue with “The
transparency of information from the government is still being called into
question by the public, and the actions the government has taken have not
convinced the public.” It was also recognized as a good accomplishment that the
information for this recent outbreak was given for public knowledge. Beijing shared
sampled with the WHO and provided timey infections and death. This is a huge improvement
from the 2003 SARS outbreak, where some patients were taken out of hospitals in
Beijing and driven around the city to keep them out of sight while an
investigating team from the WHO toured health facilities. I find they have had
much improvement over the years when dealing with diseases and outbreaks and
hopefully they will continue in this matter to help prevent further outbreaks.
Page Odom
4/11/13
9:41 PM
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