SERRIA LEONE SURGEON DR MARTIN SALIA TO BE TREATED FOR EBOLA IN US

New case ... Dr Salia reportedly lives in Maryland as a legal permanent US resident. Picture: Facebook Source: SuppliedA SURGEON working in Sierra Leone who was diagnosed with Ebola will be flown to the United States to be treated at a Nebraska hospital, according to Sierra Leone and US officials.According to the New York Post, Dr Martin Salia, 44, a citizen of Sierra Leone, will be treated at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Dr Brima Kargbo, Sierra Leone’s chief medical officer, told the Associated Press.
He will be the first non-US patient to be treated in America.
Dr Salia, who reportedly lives in Maryland as a legal permanent US resident, will pay for the medical evacuation which will take place on Saturday, the US Embassy in Freetown said.
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Family man ... Dr Salia with his wife and kids. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied

He will be the third Ebola patient at the Omaha hospital and the 10th Ebola patient to be treated in the US. The last patient, Dr Craig Spencer, was released Tuesday from Bellevue Hospital after being declared Ebola-free.
Salia initially tested negative for the disease after showing symptoms on November 6, but later tested positive and is in stable condition in Freetown.
Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia have been ravaged by Ebola, which has killed more than 5,000 people.