A surgeon diagnosed with Ebola in Sierra Leone is in an “extremely critical condition,” doctors treating him in Nebraska said early Sunday. A jet carrying Dr. Martin Salia landed in Omaha on Saturday, making him the 10th Ebola patient to be treated on American soil and the third treated at the Nebraska Medical Center.
“He is extremely ill. We have multiple highly-trained specialists who are experts in their fields targeting his most serious medical issues,” said Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the Biocontainment Unit at Nebraska Medical Center. "This is an hour-by-hour situation.”
Salia - who was called a "hero" by his son — was taken off the plane on a stretcher and loaded onto a gurney encased in a plastic bubble and placed on an ambulance by workers who wore yellow protective suits.
Salia, a native of Sierra Leone and a legal U.S. resident, was living in that country and working at a hospital when he was diagnosed Monday. Salia's wife and two children live in the D.C. suburb of New Carrollton, Maryland, and on Friday were making arrangements to go to Nebraska to support him. On Friday, Salia's son told NBC News that his dad knew the risks of working in West Africa but was committed to doing his part.
The Ebola outbreak, the worst in recorded history, has killed more than 5,000 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com
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