SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse Designated ‘First Response’ Facility Against Ebola

New York health officials prepared today should there be a need to treat a case of the Ebola virus in the state by naming 8 'First Response' hospitals. Among them, SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.

The 8 selected hospitals have had teams prepped and drilled should a patient present with Ebola-like symptoms.

The only other upstate first response hospitals is in Rochester. Six hospitals downstate in New York City and Long Island have also been given the designation.

[CBS New York]