Ebola preparation is "nothing new" for Missouri hospitals

Intro:	The Missouri Hospital Association says preparing for Ebola is unlike anything they've had to prepare for in the past.
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Wrap: Dave Dillon, the vice-president for media relations for the Missouri Hospital Association, says Ebola is not a unique circumstance.

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Description: "We actually are not doing anything we wouldn't do for a similar emergency, whether it was Ebola or a pandemic influenza or reacting to an earthquake or another type of disaster."

He says Missouri hospitals have prepared for similar situations in the past and have been given resources to handle these types of situations.

The National Nurses United, a national nurses union, conducted a survey and found U.S. hospitals are not prepared to handle an Ebola outbreak. They sent a letter on Wednesday to President Obama encouraging him to use his authority to prepare hospitals across the nation for an Ebola outbreak.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Michael Lindquist.

Intro:	The Missouri Hospital Association says preparing for Ebola is nothing new.
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Wrap: Dave Dillon, the vice-president for media relations for the Missouri Hospital Association, says Missouri hospital have prepared for similar situations in the past and have been given resources to handle an Ebola outbreak.

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Description: "This isn't new because this has occurred. In fact, we have been, for over a decade, investing resources in Missouri in equipment and in training in staff at Missouri hospitals so that they have the capacity to respond to something similar to this."

However, the National Nurses United, a national nurses union, conducted a survey and found U.S. hospitals are not prepared to handle an Ebola outbreak. They sent a letter on Wednesday to President Obama encouraging him to use his authority to prepare hospitals across the nation for an Ebola outbreak.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Michael Lindquist.

Intro:	The Missouri Hospital Association says cut in funding is limiting their efforts to prepare for an Ebola outbreak.
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Wrap: Dave Dillon, the vice-president for media relations for the Missouri Hospital Association, says over the past year, funding for hospital preparedness has declined leaving the certainty of long-term preparations questionable.

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Description: "So, ultimately, we will need if we have this type of problem in the US and/or Missouri, have the federal government step up and continue to build funding for the things that will be required to provide that level of treatment."

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Michael Lindquist.