SC sets up network to deal with Ebola

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina health officials are creating a statewide communications network to deal with Ebola and are working with U.S. Customs to make sure they know if any residents or visitors have recently traveled in West Africa.

Department of Health and Environmental Control Director Catherine Templeton also said Thursday the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston has agreed to provide ongoing care for any Ebola patients in the state.

She expects trauma centers in Greenville and Columbia will announce in the coming days that they will also provide such care.

The chief quality officer at MUSC says medical personnel who would treat Ebola cases have volunteered to do so. Dr. Danielle Scheurer (SHER’-her) says the hospital has the equipment and protective gear in place needed to care for such patients.