The third American aid worker evacuated to the United States
from West Africa to be treated for Ebola, Richard Sacra, has been discharged
from the hospital. Sacra was treated at Nebraska Medical Center after
contracting the deadly virus in Liberia while he worked to deliver babies. He
was not treating Ebola patients.
"I am so grateful," Sacra said in a statement.
"Just so incredibly grateful to have gotten through this illness. Many
were praying for me, even people I did not know personally. During the time I
was here, there was a growing confidence that God was answering those prayers,
and that I was steadily improving."
Two other Americans have been discharged after they were
successfully treated for Ebola in the United States, including another medical
doctor, Kent Brantly, who later donated a unit of blood, or convalescent serum,
to Sacra.
Brantly's blood contains anti-bodies to the virus that might
have helped Sacra's immune system fight Ebola.
Sacra was also treated with an experimental medication,
TKM-Ebola, which stops the Ebola virus from replicating.
6 Comments
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ReplyDeleteDs blood to cure sickness issue, is it really advisable? Are u sure dey've not started d same thing in Nigeria here? Pls it won't be gud to get another brand if sickness while trying to cure one, docs here n other african countries shuld be very careful be4 doing this.
ReplyDeleteThank God for his life...
ReplyDeleteEbola is a devilish disease
ReplyDeleteThank God it has left Nigeria d way it came.
ReplyDeleteUsing another's blood for some else is unscriptuaral.
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