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Why do they not send all ebola patients to the same hospital instead of all over the country?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Biocontainment Hosp: There are 4 biocontainment hospitals in the US : Emory Univ Hospital (Atlanta, GA), National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD), Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, Nebraska) & ST Patrick Hospital (Missoula, Montana). They each have very limited bed capacity.

Answered 10/25/2014

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