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Cost to Treat Ebola: $1 Million for Two Patients

| November 18, 2014 Comment

Cost to Treat Ebola: $1 Million for Two Patients – According to the University of Nebraska’s Medical Center, it cost more than $1 million to treat the two most recent Ebola patients and it’s still not clear who will pay the bill and how.

It’s the first on-the-record estimate of what it’s cost to treat Ebola patients in the United States. So far, 10 people have been treated on US soil — most recently, Sierra Leonean Dr. Martin Salia, who died Monday in Nebraska.

During a press conference, the school’s chancellor Dr. Jeffrey Gold said, “At UNMC, it has cost around $1.16 million to treat the two patients directed to us by the federal government. Treatment costs vary based on the severity of the patient when they arrive, but the cost is well beyond the normal costs incurred for an intensive care patient.”

When asked who should pay the medical bills, Gold said he believed the federal government should.

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