American aid worker stricken with Ebola arrives in U.S. for treatment
Source: Reuters
An American aid worker infected with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia arrived in the United States from West Africa on Saturday and walked into an Atlanta hospital, wearing a bio-hazard suit, for treatment in a special isolation unit.
A chartered medical aircraft carrying Dr. Kent Brantly touched down at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, shortly before noon. Brantly was driven by ambulance, with police escort, to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for treatment in a specially equipped room.
Television news footage showed three people in white biohazard suits step gingerly out of the ambulance. Two of them walked into the hospital, one seeming to lean on the other for support. A hospital spokesman confirmed that Brantly walked into the building under his own power.
Dr. Jay Varkey, an infectious disease specialist at Emory, said he could not comment on a treatment plan until Brantly had been evaluated. Since there is no known cure, standard procedures are to provide hydration with solutions containing electrolytes or intravenous fluids, according to the World Health Organization.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/02/us-health-ebola-evacuation-idUSKBN0G20D220140802
SunSeeker
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(26,366 posts)Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)I am in awe of this man. He is a hero, one who truly walks the walk.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)I guess it's because I imagine only a very strong person can volunteer to do the work he does
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mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)with their treatment.