Deal: Ga. hospitals prepared for Ebola response

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says state officials and hospitals are prepared if patients are diagnosed with Ebola, but he approves of calls to ban travel from impacted countries. <br /> <br /> Deal told reporters Thursday that the state health officer and other agencies are working with health care providers to prepare for any cases, including a legal review of the state's ability to set a voluntary or mandatory quarantine.<br /> <br /> State Health Officer Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald says hospitals across the state either have or will do exercises to prepare for a patient with symptoms. <br /> <br /> Fitzgerald says any hospital in the state is capable of isolating a patient whose travel history and symptoms indicate they could have the virus. She also defended Deal, who has been criticized for saying that water kills the Ebola virus.