Josephus Weeks, left, and his son Josephus Weeks, Jr., nephews of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, visit with a reporter after seeing their uncle at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Dallas. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital released a statement Tuesday saying Thomas Eric Duncan is on a ventilator and is receiving kidney dialysis. The hospital says his liver function improved after declining over the weekend, but warns that his condition could vary in the coming days.
They were only permitted to see him via video
see this article at the UKDailyMail:
"Duncan's family had visited him at the hospital on Tuesday but declined to view him via video because the last time it had been too upsetting. The relatives glimpsed him using a video system at Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Monday. But when they returned anew, this time with Reverend Jessie Jackson, they decided such images were too much.
'What we saw was very painful. It didn't look good,' said Duncan's nephew, Josephus Weeks.
Weeks said he and Duncan's mother were unable to sleep after seeing Duncan's face."
