MEDICAL: DISEASES: INFLUENZA : MEDICAL: EMERGENCIES: New Powers Given as Swine Flu Declared National Emergency
David P. Dillard
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MEDICAL: DISEASES: INFLUENZA :
MEDICAL: EMERGENCIES:
New Powers Given as Swine Flu Declared National Emergency
New Powers Given as Swine Flu Declared National Emergency
October 25, 2009
Associated Press
Boston Globe
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new_powers_given_as_swine_flu_declared_national_emergency/>
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WASHINGTON - President Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national
emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move
emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected
patients.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced yesterday, was made as
the disease becomes more prevalent in the country and production delays
undercut the governments initial optimistic estimates that as many as 120
million doses of the vaccine could be available by mid-October.
Health authorities say more than 1,000 people in the United States,
including almost 100 children, have died from the flu, known as H1N1, and
46 states have widespread flu activity.
Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts said at a press conference
yesterday evening that the federal declaration was a precautionary measure
and that state and local officials and hospitals in the Bay State had been
coordinating to prepare in the event of a significant increase in the
number of H1N1 cases.
This is not a reason for alarm, he said. It permits hospitals and other
healthcare providers essentially to cut through some of the federal
regulations in the event that there is a surge in emergency rooms or in
hospitals and so forth.
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Obama declares flu emergency to ease restrictions for hospitals
Officials prepare for a surge in H1N1 cases
By Michael D. Shear and Rob Stein
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Washington Post
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article/2009/10/24/AR2009102401061.html>
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Obama said in the declaration that the "rapid increase in illness . . .
may overburden health-care resources." White House officials played down
the dramatic language, saying the president's action did not stem from a
new assessment of the dangers the flu poses to the public.
Instead, officials said the action provides greater flexibility for
hospitals that may face a surge of new patients as the virus sweeps
through their communities. The declaration allows Sebelius to waive
certain requirements under Medicaire and Medicaid, privacy rules and other
regulations.
"The H1N1 is moving rapidly, as expected," White House spokesman Reid
Cherlin said Saturday. "By the time regions or health-care systems
recognize they are becoming overburdened, they need to implement disaster
plans quickly."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that the
flu was spreading widely in at least 46 states and had already caused the
hospitalization of at least 20,000 Americans. More than 1,000 deaths have
been attributed to the virus and more than 2,400 additional deaths were
probably associated with it, officials said.
Emergency rooms across the country are seeing increasing numbers of
patients. At least one hospital in Tennessee and another in Texas recently
set up tents in their parking lots to screen those suspected of having
swine flu; those tents did not require waivers because they were used for
screening, not treatment.
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