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Posted: September 04 2014 at 3:35pm |
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/latest-american-ebola-patient-headed-nebraska-hospital-treatment/story?id=25252017
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Latest American Ebola patient to be treated at Nebraska Medical Center
Sep 4, 2014
The latest American Ebola patient is headed to the Nebraska Medical Center for treatment, according to the mission organization SIM. SIM officials say Dr. Rick Sacra, who was serving in Liberia, is being flown to Omaha for treatment. “Approximately 48 hours ago we were contacted by the United States Department of Health and asked if we would participate in the care of an American physician who was diagnosed with Ebola," said Dr. Jeffrey Gold, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. "As a result of a series of lengthy discussions with the United States Department of State, with the Nebraska Department of Health, with the Douglas County Department of Health, with the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, with the faculty and staff at Emory University and many other individuals, I can tell you that patient is enroute to the Nebraska Medical Center and will hopefully arrive tomorrow morning,” Last month, the Medical Center said a representative with the U.S. Department of State visited the hospital. That was before two American Ebola patients were brought to the country for treatment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. |
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Nebraska doctors say Ebola patient making progressSep 7th 2014
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska doctors treating the man who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia said Sunday that he is making progress, but it's not yet clear if he will recover. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Friday for treatment in the hospital's specialized isolation unit. Sacra remains very tired and stable, but was more alert Sunday, said Dr. Phil Smith, one of the doctors treating him who gave an update Sunday. "We are encouraged by what we see, but it's too early to say he has turned a corner," Smith said. Sacra has been helping with his own treatment by providing information about Ebola to the doctors because he saw it in Africa. The doctor from Worcester, Massachusetts, spent about 15 years practicing family medicine at a hospital in Liberia with the North Carolina-based charity SIM. Two other Americans have also become ill with Ebola while helping people suffering from the disease. In West Africa, roughly 2,100 people have died during the outbreak, but Ebola has not been confirmed as the cause for all of the deaths. Sacra's wife, Debbie, said in a statement Saturday that she hopes the world will focus on the larger Ebola outbreak, not just her husband's illness. The doctors said Sacra has joked with them about baseball because he is a Boston Red Sox fan and Smith follows the New York Yankees. "He's made a few jokes," Smith said. "In my experience, that's a good sign." Smith said Sacra is receiving an experimental drug that is different than the one given to the two earlier American Ebola patients. Sacra was able to visit with family members and friends for about half an hour on Saturday and Sunday via a video conference system at the hospital. Dr. Angela Hewlett said family members read Bible verses to him. |
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Sacra is receiving an experimental drug that is different than the one given to the two earlier American Ebola patients
Anybody know what it is?
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