Sunday, October 12, 2014
BREAKING! US Ebola Patient, Thomas Eric Duncan Is Dead
Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who
tested positive » for Ebola on US soil becoming
the country’s first case, has died
Duncan reportedly succumbed to the disease on
Wednesday, October 8 after his condition
deteriorated and he had to be put on a ventilator
and a kidney dialysis machine. »
Reuters reports that a spokesperson for the
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has
confirmed the Liberian's death.
Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola on September
30 after arriving Dallas, Texas on September 20.
He was said to have entered into critical
condition » on October 4 before passing on
today.
The deceased initially went to the hospital when
he became symptomatic but was sent away with
just antibiotics despite stating that he had been
to disease-ravaged Liberia.
Duncan is the first person to die of Ebola in the
US.