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Surgeon who contracted Ebola virus in Sierra Leone dies at Nebraska hospital
Fox News.com ^ | November 17, 2014

Posted on 11/17/2014 7:33:46 AM PST by Kaslin

A surgeon who contracted the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone died Monday at a Nebraska hospital where he was transported for treatment, the facility said in a statement.

A statement released Monday by Nebraska Medical Center said Dr. Martin Salia "has passed away as a result of the advanced symptoms of the disease." Hospital spokesman Taylor Wilson said Salia died shortly after 4 a.m. Monday.

Salia, 44, was being treated in the medical center's biocontainment unit. He arrived Saturday by plane from West Africa, and was transported by ambulance for treatment at the hospital, where two other Ebola patients have been successfully treated. Officials said Salia might be more ill than the first Ebola patients treated successfully in the United States. On Sunday officials had described his condition as "an hour-by-hour situation."

"Dr. Salia was extremely critical when he arrived here, and unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we weren't able to save him," said Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the biocontainment unit.

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KEYWORDS: ebola; eboladeath; eboladoctor; nebraska; sierraleone
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To: Kaslin

Another black ebola victim dies in a US hospital. Obvious racism! How long before we see Jesse Jackson coach the family in shaking down the hospital?


21 posted on 11/17/2014 10:46:27 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: devolve

He was a legal alien, a surgeon, and a Christian, who felt it to be his Christian duty to go to his homeland and help those in need.
His death is not only a loss to his family, but also the two nations he called home.


22 posted on 11/17/2014 1:29:29 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: VanShuyten

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- close the borders to those countries -

- those that live in sub-human cultures have no interest in behaving as humans

- there are long lists of killer diseases that originate in those primitive areas


23 posted on 11/17/2014 8:56:55 PM PST by devolve (- barter &/or trade items &/or services - let the IRS and DOJ get their money from illegal aliens -)
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To: Sacajaweau

So, will his family sue the hospitaL?


24 posted on 11/17/2014 8:58:37 PM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Veto!

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- “SO, WILL HIS FAMILY SUE THE HOSPITAL” - FReeper Veto!

- well - that is the “cultural” thing “they” do - sort of “Pig-Fart 3”

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25 posted on 11/18/2014 5:58:52 AM PST by devolve (- barter &/or trade items &/or services - let the IRS and DOJ get their money from illegal aliens -)
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To: devolve
I have read that the family is going to reimburse the government for the trip to the US.

If I am not mistaken that is the actual law on this issue.

26 posted on 11/18/2014 6:01:17 AM PST by mware
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To: Veto!

I’m betting big bucks that the family is giving them his body for research as someone else suggested....and his wife is being paid big bucks for the body.


27 posted on 11/18/2014 7:13:28 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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