Table 4.

Concerns Identified by WHO as Result of SARS

1.Inadequate surge capacity in hospitals and public health systems 2.Healthcare providers themselves being the victims of the disease 3.Shortage of expert staff to coordinate national and global responses to a rapidly evolving public health emergency 4.In some cases, the need for hasty construction of new facilities; in other cases, hospitals being closed 5.The power of poorly understood infectious diseases to incite widespread public anxiety and fear, social unease, economic losses, and unwarranted discrimination