DALLAS—Their city has become an unwanted focus of the growing
concerns about Ebola contamination in the United States, but ask most
anyone here and they'll say they're not that worried about becoming
infected. Even so, local drug stores have been selling out of hand
sanitizer and masks.
Dallas’s Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has come under fire over lapses in its care of Thomas Eric Duncan,
the Liberian who was the first Ebola patient in the United States. At
least two nurses who cared for Duncan became infected. But residents
here are quick to defend “Presby,” as the well-regarded hospital is
known, saying that the U.S. government initially failed to provide the
hospital’s staff with adequate protective gear and training.
