Ebola doctor lands in Nebraska, 'critically ill' and sicker than other US patients

[Rhiannon12866]

Source: The Guardian

A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is in critical condition, and possibly sicker than any patient to arrive in the US from the disease-ravaged region of west Africa, a spokesman from the Nebraska hospital where he will be treated said on Saturday.

Dr Martin Salia, a permanent US resident, arrived in Omaha on Saturday afternoon, having left Freetown on Friday, by air ambulance. He was due to be immediately transported to Nebraska medical center.

“He is critically ill, a good deal sicker than our previous patients, and perhaps sicker than any patient that has been transported from west Africa,” Taylor Wilson, a spokesman for the hospital, told the Guardian.

Wilson said he was not sure if the patient’s condition had changed in flight, but Salia had been determined to be stable for transport before he left Sierra Leone.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/15/ebola-infected-doctor-to-arrive-in-nebraska-from-sierra-leone

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Breaking on MSNBC, this doctor, now patient, is arriving now.

[uppityperson]

1. good luck to him, good health to all involved with the outbreaks.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. At least Omaha appears to be the best site equipped for treating these patients.

[iandhr]

7. post 9/11

Omaha was one of the places they set up to deal with these types of things

[Rhiannon12866]

8. I was pleased when I heard Omaha was where this doctor was taken

There are other facilities equipped to treat Ebola patients, but it appears that Omaha is the best. They could have taken him anywhere, but they chose Omaha, so that speaks for the expertise of this facility, and here's wishing he makes a complete recovery.

[deurbano]

9. Some good use of that funding, for once!

Usually, we hear about it being used for the militarization of the police and other undesirable goals.

[Little Star]

3. I hope he will be ok but...

I thought the earlier people are treated the better. Still, he couldn't be in a better facility than Nebraska Medical Center where Ashoka Mukpo was successfully treated.

[magical thyme]

4. Writebol was in tough shape and unable to walk off the plane

But Emory was able to get her through it.

Hopefully Nebraska will succeed here as well.

[etherealtruth]

5. Hoping for a complete recovery!

[shireen]

6. this vicious disease attacks the best of humanity

People become sick when caring for loved ones, or helping strangers in need.

Doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, and other healthcare workers get infected as they try to heal and provide comfort to patients.

Burial teams risk contamination as they try to safely bury deceased victims.

All are selfless people dedicated to caring for others, they represent the best of humanity.

Ebola is just a virus that evolved to take advantage of infecting via contact with body fluids. But if I didn't know better, I'd call it sheer evil.

[jwirr]

15. In the era of the black plague the priest and nuns where nearly wiped out because they were

often the ones who took care of the ill. Care takers are truly heroes.

[Supersedeas]

16. the sad truth

[Warpy]

10. That's terribly sad

It seems that once Ebola passes a critical point, it is not terribly treatable.

I hope Dr. Salia beats the odds. He is a hero.

[Cha]

11. Here's hoping Dr Martin Salia recovers and no one else contracts the virus. TY, Rhiannon

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Wishing the same, my friend!

Thank you!

[Cha]

13. ..

[ColesCountyDem]

14. Praying for your recovery, Dr. Salia!