The latest U.S.-based doctor who became infected with the Ebola virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone has died, a medical director confirmed Monday morning.
“It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share this news,” said Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the Biocontainment Unit at Nebraska Medical Center.
“Dr. Salia was extremely critical when he arrived here, and unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we weren’t able to save him.”
Dr. Martin Salia, a legal resident of the U.S. who lives with his wife in children in Maryland, arrived in Omaha, Nebraska Saturday afternoon, at the request of the U.S. State Department. He was placed on dialysis, a ventilator and multiple medications when he arrived at the hospital Saturday. Salia was the third patient treated for Ebola at the Nebraska Medical Center’s biocontainment unit and the 10th patient with Ebola to be treated on American soil.
“We used every possible treatment available to give Dr. Salia every possible opportunity for survival,” Dr. 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.”
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