Arrived: This image, taken from a CNN helicopter, appears to show Dr. Kent Brantly being helped out an ambulance at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday
PICTURED: U.S. Doctor Infected With Ebola Virus Unsteady On His Feet As He Is Helped Out Of An Ambulance In A Hazmat Suit And WALKS Into Hospital After Flying To Georgia For Treatment -- Daily Mail
* Father-of-two Dr. Kent Brantly landed in Marietta, Georgia, just outside Atlanta, on Saturday morning, from West Africa
* Second patient, aid worker Nancy Writebol, will arrive Monday
* Both victims will be treated in a super-high containment facility at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital near the CDC
* Brantly's wife said he was 'extremely grateful' to be home and she was glad to welcome him to U.S.
* Some are outraged over the decision to bring the disease to American soil
* Heroic Brantly, from Fort Worth, Texas, ensured Writebol received the only dose of an experimental drug instead of him
* But it later emerged that Mrs Writebol's condition had worsened, despite the serum she is taking
An American doctor infected with the Ebola virus has arrived in the U.S. for treatment.
A plane carrying Dr. Kent Brantly arrived in Atlanta from West Africa about 11am Saturday morning.
The private jet, outfitted with a special, portable tent designed for transporting patients with highly infectious diseases, arrived at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Georgia, just outside Atlanta.
Dr Brantly was then transported about 15 miles to Emory University Hospital via motorcade.
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1 comment:
Well in between their important work studying gun violence and domestic violence, maybe they can fit in a little virology. Who knows, a treatment, a cure, something occasionally along the lines of their title, Center For Disease Control.
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