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Surgeon infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone to be flown to Nebraska in USA

As the deadly virus of Ebola continues to plague west Africa a surgeon who has been identified to have contracted Ebola will be flown to Nebraska for treatment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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A surgeon infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone will be flown to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for treatment, "CBS Evening News" reported on Thursday. The surgeon was born in Sierra Leone but is a U.S. resident,CBS reported.

University of Nebraska Medical Center officials declined to confirm the report but said in a statement that a patient who contracted the disease in Sierra Leone was being evaluated for possible treatment at the hospital."He will be evaluated by the medical crew on the Phoenix Air jet upon their arrival in Sierra Leone," the hospital said. "The members of the crew will determine whether the patient is stable enough for transport - if he is, he would arrive in Omaha sometime Saturday afternoon."

"Staff members here have been in a state of readiness to treat Ebola patients since we were first visited by the U.S. State Department in early August," the medical center said in a statement. The hospital said it would have confirmation only when a plane was en route with a patient on board and "that is not the case right now."

 

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