A Dallas hospital had denied claims made in a lawsuit by one of its nurses who contracted Ebola while treating a patient. Nina Pham filed the suit last week stating that she became ill while treating Thomas Eric Duncan who was infected in Liberia and was the first US patient to die from the disease. The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas denies claims poor training and health and safety procedures led to her illness and says it has the utmost respect for her. The hospital also says that court it not the appropriate route for the nurse’s grievances; as a workplace incident it should be handled as a worker’s compensation claim.
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