Sierra Leone Doctor Brought to US for Ebola Treatment Dies
Dr Martin Salia, a permanent US resident, was being treated in Nebraska after leaving Freetown on Friday by air ambulance
Lauren Gambino and agencies
Monday 17 November 2014 08.31 EST
A surgeon from Sierra Leone who was being treated for Ebola at a Nebraska hospital has died, according to a statement from the hospital.
Dr Martin Salia, a permanent US resident, is the second patient to die of Ebola in the US. He arrived in Omaha on Saturday, having left Freetown on Friday by air ambulance. He was immediately transported to Nebraska medical center, where he began treatment.
Salia, 44, was not able to walk off the plane, as other patients brought to the US have been able to do. Instead, he was taken off the plane in an isopod, a special device designed to keep contagion from spreading. He was placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
He was suffering from advanced symptoms, including kidney and respiratory failure, when he arrived at the Nebraska medical center on Saturday, the hospital said in a statement.
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| Dr. Martin Salia dies of Ebola at the Nebraska treatment center. |
Lauren Gambino and agencies
Monday 17 November 2014 08.31 EST
A surgeon from Sierra Leone who was being treated for Ebola at a Nebraska hospital has died, according to a statement from the hospital.
Dr Martin Salia, a permanent US resident, is the second patient to die of Ebola in the US. He arrived in Omaha on Saturday, having left Freetown on Friday by air ambulance. He was immediately transported to Nebraska medical center, where he began treatment.
Salia, 44, was not able to walk off the plane, as other patients brought to the US have been able to do. Instead, he was taken off the plane in an isopod, a special device designed to keep contagion from spreading. He was placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
He was suffering from advanced symptoms, including kidney and respiratory failure, when he arrived at the Nebraska medical center on Saturday, the hospital said in a statement.
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