Surgeon being treated for Ebola in Nebraska dies
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A SURGEON who contracted Ebola while working in his native Sierra Leone died yesterday while being treated in a biocontainment unit at a Nebraska hospital, the facility said.
Nebraska Medical Center in the United States said in a news release that Dr Martin Salia died as a result of the disease. Hospital spokesman Taylor Wilson said Salia died shortly after 4am yesterday.
“Dr Salia was extremely critical when he arrived here, and unfortunately, despite out best efforts, we weren’t able to save him,” said Dr Phil Smith, director of the biocontainment unit.
Salia arrived on Saturday to be treated at the Omaha hospital, where two other Ebola patients have been successfully treated.
Salia had advanced symptoms when he arrived, which included kidney and respiratory failure, the hospital said. He was placed on dialysis, a ventilator and given several medications to support his organ systems.
“We used every possible treatment available to give Dr Salia every possible opportunity for survival,” Smith said. “As we have learned, early treatment with these patients is essential. In Dr Salia’s case, his disease was already extremely advanced by the time he came here for treatment.”
Ebola has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa, mostly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leona. Five other doctors in Sierra Leone have contracted Ebola, and all have died.
The 44-year-old Salia had been working as a general surgeon at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown. It’s not clear whether he was involved in the care of Ebola patients.
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