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Sierra Leonean doctor dies of Ebola in US

The United States (US) has recorded its second death to Ebola virus disease, as another health worker died of the deadly disease on Monday.

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

The US recorded its 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.

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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The 44-year-old was reported to have spoken to his wife, Isatu Salia, via phone on Friday with a weak and shaky voice.

Reassuring his wife of over 20 years that he would survive the virus, he said in a steady voice: “I love you”.

The announcement was made by officials at the hospital, where Salia was the third patient to be treated for the viral disease, with the other two given a clean bill of health.

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The Sierra Leonean was the 10th patient to be treated on US soil for the virus, and the second to die.

 

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