Breaking news: Second Ebola patient dies in US
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A doctor who spent time treating Ebola patients in West Africa died from the virus Monday. 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.Salia died at around 5 a.m. ET Monday, according to Nebraska Medicine spokesman Taylor Wilson.A surgeon and legal permanent resident of the United States, Salia was treating patients in West Africa when he contracted the virus.Salia arrived Saturday at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
The hospital tweeted Monday that he was "extremely critical" when his treatment began and "unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we weren't able to save him."Salia was suffering from advanced symptoms of Ebola, including kidney and respiratory failure, health officials said.It is rare for someone to die in the United States from Ebola because medical and monetary resources are extensive -- much more so than in West Africa.
The first Ebola patient to die in the United States was Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national who traveled to Texas in September from that West African country that, like Sierra Leone and Guinea, has been hit the hardest by the Ebola epidemic.Duncan, 42, died at a Dallas hospital. He initially went to the same facility's emergency room after he began having symptoms, but he was misdiagnosed and sent home. Two days later, he was back in the hospital, where he tested positive for the virus and his treatment began.
Source: cnn
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