Sierra Leone Surgeon with Ebola Dies at Neb. Hospital
Sierra Leone Surgeon with Ebola Dies at Neb. Hospital – The Ebola-stricken surgeon from Sierra Leone died in a Nebraska hospital two days after arriving there with advanced symptoms.
Dr. Martin Salia, the surgeon from Sierra Leone being treated in the U.S., has died.
The Nebraska hospital that was caring for Dr. Salia tweeted the news on Monday morning, saying he passed away because of advanced symptoms of the disease and he was in extremely critical condition with his lungs and kidneys failing when he arrived.
Authorities took Dr. Salia to the Nebraska Medical Center Saturday because it has a special biocontainment unit and had already treated two other Ebola patients earlier this fall, both of whom recovered. (Video via Nebraska Medicine)
Salia lived in Maryland but had been working with Ebola patients at a hospital in Freetown in his native Sierra Leone when he tested positive for the virus on Nov. 10. (Video via The United Methodist Church)
Salia is only the second person to die from Ebola in the United States — the other being Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas in October. (Video via KJRH)
The hospital says it used every available treatment on Salia, including the experimental drug ZMapp. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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