Saturday, August 02, 2014

Dr Kent Brantly gives up the only dose of experimental Ebola serum to his colleague

Dr Kent Brantly gives up the only dose of experimental Ebola serum to his colleague | Mail Online

Ebola victims heading to Atlanta: Infected pair controversially airlifted back to U.S. for treatment as hero doctor gives up the only dose of experimental serum for his American colleague

  • A specially equipped jet reportedly took off from Georgia on Thursday to transport Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly to the U.S.
  • En route the patients will remain inside isolation pods called aeromedical biological containment systems
  • At least one of the Ebola victims will be treated in a super-high containment facility at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital near the CDC
  • Brantly, a father-of-two from Fort Worth, Texas, ensured Writebol received the experimental drug instead of him
  • A small amount of the serum arrived in Liberia Tuesday, the Samaritan's Purse charity said on Wednesday
  • But on Thursday charity SIM said in a statement that Mrs Writebol's condition had worsened, despite the serum she is taking
  • Dr Brantly's health also worsened overnight

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