Phelps Memorial Hospital Center Seeks to Reassure Sleepy Hollow Residents about Ebola

With the nation concerned over possible ebola outbreaks, Sleepy Hollow’s Phelps Memorial Hospital Center sent out the following email to members of the community to calm any fears about the dangerous disease, and reiterate its safeguards should any patients carrying the virus arrive at the facility:

Dear Friend:

Because we understand that people in the community are concerned about the possibility of a patient with Ebola entering a hospital in Westchester, we want to tell you about what is being done at Phelps to ensure the safety of all of our patients, visitors and staff.

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center has developed comprehensive procedures for carefully evaluating all patients who come to the hospital, including asking them about their travel history. Staff in the Emergency Department and other hospital units have been trained to identify and manage potential cases of Ebola.

If any patient exhibits symptoms of Ebola, he/she would immediately be placed in an isolation room and, therefore, would not pose a threat to anyone in the hospital.

On October 8, there were media reports implying that there was a person with Ebola at Phelps; however, we want you to know that there are no patients at Phelps who have the symptoms of Ebola or who meet the clinical criteria to be tested for Ebola.

Best wishes,

Keith Safian

President & CEO