OMAHA- Following a visit to UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, the Department of Health and Human Services is praising the preparedness, collaboration, sustainability commitment, and sharing of knowledge of the facilities.

The HHS team had the opportunity to visit and observe the med center campus, the Davis Global Center, the national Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center, the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Nebraska State Public Health Lab. HHS was also briefed on the National Emerging Special Pathogen Training & Education Center (NETEC), the Regional Disaster Health Response System, Air Force C-STARS Omaha, iEXCEL and UNMC’s nursing and public heath training programs.

Region 7 HHS Director Joseph Palm shared the following remarks, "The UNMC/Nebraska Medicine biocontainment and quarantine units are known worldwide because of their work handling patients with Ebola virus disease and COVID-19, but to see it up close is truly impressive."

"This entire operation is an incredible commitment to the security of the United States of America and provides a largely unseen and unheralded security layer for the nation."

The operation was called a leader not only for the region, but for the entire nation.

Nebraska Medicine has said they continue to build relations and collaborate with HHS and Region 7 which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and of course Nebraska.

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