Monday, November 17, 2014

Doctor being treated for Ebola dies in Nebraska hospital

Dr. Martin Salia, a Maryland resident who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, has died at a Nebraska hospital - FOX
A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is in extremely critical condition on Sunday at a Nebraska hospital, his doctors said. - AP
A doctor’s mistaken Ebola test: ‘We were celebrating. . . . Then everything fell apart’
When Martin Salia’s Ebola test came back negative, his friends and colleagues threw their arms around him. They shook his hand. They patted him on the back. They removed their protective gear and cried.

But when his symptoms remained nearly a week later, Salia took another test, on Nov. 10. This one came back positive, sending the Sierra Leonean doctor with ties to Maryland on a desperate, belated quest for treatment and forcing the colleagues who had embraced him into quarantine.