Monday 17 November 2014

Sierra Leonean Doctor Dies Of Ebola In US


The United States has recorded it's second Ebola death, as another health worker died on Monday.

Martin Salia, a surgeon who contracted the virus while working in Sierra Leone, died at a hospital in Nebrasker, United States.

The US recorded it's first Ebola death on October 8, when Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with the disease on US soil, died after days of treatment at a Texas hospital.

44-year-old Salia, who worked as a general surgeon at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in Sierra Leone, is a Sierra Leonean who is also a permanent resident of Maryland, United States.

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