CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sep 4, 2014, 4:52 PM ET
A North Carolina-based charity says the missionary who was infected with
Ebola while serving in Liberia is being flown to a Nebraska hospital
for treatment.
A statement from SIM on Thursday says Dr. Rick Sacra is being flown to
The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He is expected to arrive on Friday
and begin treatment in the hospital's Biocontainment Patient Care Unit.
SIM president Bruce Johnson says Sacra was receiving excellent care from
staff at a care center in Liberia, but he says the Nebraska facility
provides advanced monitoring equipment and a wider availability of
treatment options.
Sacra, a doctor from the Boston area, opted to head to Liberia after
hearing that two other missionaries were sick. He was infected by the
virus that has killed about 1,900 people. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/missionary-infected-ebola-heading-nebraska-25251903
The Nebraska Medical Center has scheduled a news conference for 4:15
this afternoon on the possible transport of an Ebola patient to the Med
Center's Biocontainment Patient Care Unit. We will have live coverage.
Infectious disease specialists and officials from the Biocontainment Unit will be on hand to discuss the possibility of an American patient with the Ebola virus being brought to their facility for treatment.
WOWT 6 News will have live coverage duri http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Med-Center-to-Address-Possible-Transfer-of-Ebola-Patient-274003311.html
Infectious disease specialists and officials from the Biocontainment Unit will be on hand to discuss the possibility of an American patient with the Ebola virus being brought to their facility for treatment.
WOWT 6 News will have live coverage duri http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Med-Center-to-Address-Possible-Transfer-of-Ebola-Patient-274003311.html
