“The government of India is hardly “backwater medical establishments”. “
While two of the links you provided may be from Indian
sources they are talking about health care in Kenema, Sierra Leone, Africa.
There may be international organizations from competent countries in Africa trying to provide quality health care, but that is different. For months people were turned away from these clinics because there was not enough room. Within some of the articles you could see that some of the people involved did not get any treatment until they were very far along, having symptoms of hemorrhaging.
Compare that to America where Nurse Nina was monitoring her temperature daily and at the first sign of a fever she began getting care. Once you are to the point of hemorrhaging and THEN get care, your chances of survival are low and your chances of permanent damage way up.
And just how many ebola patients could the american medical care infrastructure treat at one time with a goal of optimum outcome and no retransmission of the disease? Any random or quantified guesses?
Agreed. But my health insurance plan provides for strong disincentives to visit any facility capable of diagnosing and treating ebola. By the time I make my way thru my primary care physician to an admission to a hospital, I'll be hemorhaging like a lawn sprinkler. And I have really good health insurance.