Posted on 10/13/2014 2:15:25 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Mukpo became infected while working as a freelance cameraman for Vice News, NBC News and other media outlets in Liberia.
Ashoka Mukpo tweeted from Nebraska Medical Center, where he is receiving care in the hospital's isolation unit.
Mukpo is receiving an experimental Ebola drug called brincidofovir and IV fluids -- similar to the treatment Ebola patient Rick Sacra received during his three weeks at Nebraska Medical Center.
Last week, Mukpo received a blood transfusion from Dr. Ken Brantly, the first American patient transferred to the U.S. for Ebola treatment. Sacra also got two blood transfusions from Brantly.
Friends are turning to crowdsourcing to help pay for what they say is expected to be more than $500,000 in medical bills.
NBC and the VICE Media Group say they're coordinating to assist in paying for his medical care. NBC says it wants a solution where he and his family won't have to pay anything.
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No more studying why lesbians are fat?
It sounds like his family is pretty well off.
Doesnt NBC pay his workmans comp?
bttt!
Please don’t screw this great hospital out of their hard earned pay. They just saved his life and I cannot imagine why his parents and all those cheering for him don’t step up to the plate. I am wondering how the hospital even agreed to take him in the first place. When my son went for his transplant we had to get through the money thing even before they’d look at him. And yes they saved his life and am thankful everyday.! I love this hospital and boy are they taking a risk by admitting this kind of patient . If ebola got loose there it would be catastrophic with all the cancer and transplant patients with compromised immune systems.
Not only that. You have to wonder if he had Ebola. He is so matter-of-fact.
Exactly.
Aye, there's the rub.
Nothing but crickets from the media about who will pay Duncan’s bill. You know as well as I that his ungrateful family (with Jessie Jackazz in tow) won’t pay one red cent.
“...they taking a risk by admitting this kind of patient”
Then the hospital assumes the risk as well. The hospital knew upfront what it was getting into. It also knew the costs would likely be high. The final cost needs to be negotiated way down.
It is strange, his matter-of-fact attitude.
The Gates foundation is boasting of efforts in combating ebola. Why doesn’t Bill pick up the tab? $500,000 out of $32,000,000,000 isn’t much.
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