Nina Pham, the 26-year-old nurse who became famous for contracting Ebola at a Dallas hospital, has announced that she plans to sue Texas Health Resources. If you didn't know Texas Health Resources is the parent company of the hospital Pham worked at, Texas Health Presbyterian. Charla Aldous, her lawyer, told ABC News that she thinks that they "didn't train the staff to treat Ebola and didn't give them proper protective gear, which left parts of their skin exposed." She and her lawyer both think that this with these resources, Pham would never have contracted the disease because there would have been no possible way of her being in contact with it. Although it may seem that she is doing this to stay relevant and in the news, Pham really just wants to make a change in the nursing community so that no one has to go through what she did. According to Aldous, she may never go back to nursing because her body is still recovering from the after math of the disease. For example, she suffers nightmares and body aches. Responding to word of Nina Pham pressing charges, Wendell Watson, a spokesperson from Texas Health Resources issued a statement saying, "Nina Pham bravely served Texas Health Dallas during a most difficult time. We continue to support and wish the best for her, and we remain optimistic that constructive dialogue can resolve this matter."
This article was written by Emily Shapiro of ABC News on Mar 1, 2015 at 8:09 PM ET. I was so happy to hear the news that this article shared. I think that it is very brave of Nina Pham to go up against a huge company like Texas Health Resources and demand that changes be made to enforce the safety of nurses and other hospital workers. If the hospital had just taken the time and resources to instruct staff on the proper procedures to stay out of contact with Ebola than I don't think Pham would have contracted the disease. But because of their mistake, she will suffer the permanent consequences.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-survivor-nina-pham-suing-hospital-voice-nurses/story?id=29310858
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