Doctor Critically Ill With Ebola Headed to U.S. Hospital

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A critically ill physician who was infected with the Ebola virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone is set to arrive in Omaha today after he was deemed stable enough to be transported to the U.S. for treatment.

The doctor, Martin Salia, was chief medical officer and surgeon at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, the United Methodist church said on its website.

The hospital was closed Nov. 11 after Salia tested positive for Ebola, the church said. He is the sixth doctor in Sierra Leone to be infected with the deadly virus; the other five doctors died.

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Doctor's death marks second U.S. Ebola fatality

A doctor who spent time treating Ebola patients in West Africa died from the virus Monday in Nebraska. The death of Dr. Martin Salia, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, marks the second time Ebola has claimed a victim in the United States.

"It was an absolute honor to care for Dr. Salia," said Rosanna Morris, Nebraska Medical Center's chief nursing officer, at a news conference in Omaha.

She sat alongside four other doctors who said they did everything possible to try to save the surgeon. Salia traveled between Sierra Leone, where he contracted the virus, and his home in Maryland, where his wife and children live.

Morris said that caring for Salia taught the Nebraska team a lot. Spending time with Salia's wife, Isatu Salia, shed light on how anguishing it is to have a loved one suffer from Ebola, Morris said.

The nursing chief praised the highly skilled and experienced medical team for trying to save a colleague.

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