Posted on 11/15/2014 10:21:14 AM PST by Dallas59
A surgeon diagnosed with Ebola in his native Sierra Leone left the West African nation Saturday, and is headed to Nebraska for treatment, U.S. officials said.
Dr. Martin Salia, who is a legal permanent resident of the United States, is married to a U.S. citizen, his relatives told CNN affiliate WJZ.
The Sierra Leone team that was caring for the patient characterized him as critically ill, possibly sicker than the first patients successfully treated in the United States, according to a statement from the Nebraska Medical Center.
"My sister is very worried and upset," Salia's brother-in-law, Ibrahim Kargbo, told CNN, referring to Salia's wife, Isatu. "Right now she is pretty devastated. ... We're all just praying he recovers soon."
The doctor was splitting his time between New Carrollton, Maryland, and Sierra Leone, where he works at a Methodist hospital, WJZ reported.
"He doesn't think of himself as someone important," his son, Maada Salia, told WJZ. "He puts himself down and helps those who really need help."
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Does she realize how much it costs to fly a C5a?
We the taxpayers just paid how much to NewYork?
Plus they have an opening!Their patient recovered!
And now they are experienced with ebola!
Also a thousand miles closer to Africa!
I’m in Nebraska now... I’d better duck!
Hoo boy. I gather they are quite rich hence the reimbursement offer. Well, for enough dollars they can do it.
So far, we don’t see a lot of cases spreading in the USA. But we are still feeling nervous about it.
“We’ve obviously been through this a couple of times before so we know what to expect.” Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the Biocontainment Unit at Nebraska Medical Center, said in a statement. “Our staff has had a break since treating our last patient, so I know we’re ready to go.”
Well I hope the biocontainment unit is real good at biocontaining. A little close for comfort.
Nebraska, Missoula, MT, Emory in Atlanta, Ga, and some place in Baltimore...the four bio containment “centers”...so get used to it...
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