Caring for Ebola Patients. U.S. HHS Funding for Hospitals.
- HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has awarded approximately $20 million through
its Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) to enhance the regional treatment
centers' capabilities to care for patients with Ebola or other highly
infectious diseases. ASPR will provide an additional $9 million to these
recipients in the subsequent four years to sustain their readiness.
- HHS selects nine regional Ebola and other special
pathogen treatment centers: The facilities announced today will be continuously ready
and available to care for a patient with Ebola or another severe, highly
infectious disease, whether the patient is medically evacuated from overseas or
is diagnosed within the United States.
- The nine awardees and their partner hospitals are:*Massachusetts Department of Public Health in partnership
with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts *New York City
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in partnership with New York City
Health and Hospitals Corporation/HHC Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City
*Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in partnership with Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland *Georgia Department of Public Health in
partnership with Emory University Hospital and Children's Healthcare of
Atlanta/Egleston Children's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia *Minnesota Department
of Health in partnership with the University of Minnesota Medical Center in
Minneapolis, Minnesota *Texas Department of State Health Services in partnership
with the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in Galveston, Texas
*Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with Nebraska
Medicine - Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska *Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment in partnership with Denver Health Medical Center
in Denver, Colorado *Washington State Department of Health in partnership with
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital in Spokane,
Washington
For more information on the National Ebola
Training and Education Center, contact hpp@hhs.gov.