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Dallas Hospital Apologised For Mishandling Thomas Duncan’s Ebola Case

When Thomas Eric Duncan made his first trip to the hospital in Dallas Texas, he did it for a reason. The man knew that he had just traveled from Liberia, a nation infested with the deadly Ebola virus. He also knew that while in Liberia days before he traveled to the US, he tried to help a girl with Ebola, driving her to the hospital for treatment and then bringing her back home that night where she died hours later.

When he saw the first signs that he too was infected, Thomas, who arrived in the United States on September 20th, went to the Dallas hospital only to be sent back home by hospital personnel with a dosage of Tylenol.

Tylenol is great, but Ebola is not a common cold or a headache. After the disease  progressed, a weakened Duncan made a second trip to the hospital where he was immediately admitted and isolated.

The damage was already done.

Daniel Varga, Chief Clinical Officer of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital used a congressional hearing on Thursday to admit the hospital’s mistake.

“We made mistakes,” said Varga, who works for Texas Health Resources. “We did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of Ebola, and we are deeply sorry.”

Duncan was admitted and isolated on September 26th, two days after his initial hospital visit. He was treated but eventually died on Oct. 8. Since his death, two other hospital nurses have been diagnosed with the disease and are now in isolation.

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Hospital Worker in Texas Tests Positive for Ebola

A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has tested positive for ebola, the first case of ebola transmission in the United States.

The unidentified nurse had helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week from the virus after traveling to the Dallas area from Liberia. The patient reported a low-grade fever Friday night and was immediately isolated and tested in Austin; the positive results were received last night.

Officials said Sunday morning that the patient, who was in the low risk pool, had complied with all CDC guidelines. A hazmat team has been dispatched the health worker’s apartment; officials do not believe the patient’s pet poses any threat.

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Ebola Victim Thomas Eric Duncan Dies in Texas

Bloomberg news is reportinh that Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S., died from the virus while in isolation at a Dallas hospital.

Duncan was diagnosed with the disease on Sept. 30 after contracting it in West Africa, where Ebola has infected about 7,500 people, killing half. He had come to the country to marry his girlfriend, Louise Troh, who is now being quarantined and has not yet shown symptoms of the disease.

“It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am,” Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said in a statement today.

Duncan, who traveled to the U.S. from Liberia, developed a fever and stomach pains on Sept. 24, four days after arriving in the U.S. He was sent home from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital’s emergency room on Sept. 26, after doctors failed to diagnose him with Ebola.

He was brought back to the hospital in an ambulance two days later.

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Ebola Victim in Texas Downgraded to Critical Condition

It’s not looking good for Thomas Duncan, the man from Liberia who traveled to the United States on September 20th, after being exposed to the deadly disease in Liberia.

The Texas hospital treating Thomas Eric Duncan said in a brief statement: “Mr. Duncan is in critical condition.”

The update came as US authorities said none of the individuals believed to have had exposure to Mr Duncan, including nine deemed to be at high risk, had shown any signs of Ebola infection.

“We are confident that none of those with definite contact had any symptoms related to Ebola, none of them had fever,” said Tom Frieden, the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The nine people deemed at high risk would be monitored closely, Mr Frieden said. “We will be looking very closely particularly at the nine individuals in the coming days, understanding that the peak period after exposure is about eight to nine days but can be as long as 21 days,” he said.

Mr Duncan was initially sent home when he first sought medical care, leaving a four-day span when he was sick and contagious while in contact with others, sparking concern over how many others may have been exposed.

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Thomas Eric Duncan The First Confirmed Ebola Carrier in The US – PIC

Thomas Eric Duncan is now in isolation in Dallas, but while in Liberia he tried helping his landlord’s daughter who was an Ebola victim. In an effort to save her life, Thomas Duncan rushed the young lady to the hospital in a taxi only to be turned away. Reports say that the girl was too weak to walk on her own and Duncan carried her back home where she died later on that night.

The girl’s brother, who also tried helping, also died a few weeks later.

Duncan left Liberia on September 19th to visit his family in Texas. On September 24th he went to the doctor when symptoms began manifesting themselves. He went back to the doctor on the 26th and was admitted on September 28th.

He is now in isolation. But according to a press briefing today it was also revealed that Thomas Eric Duncan was in contact with five children. The children attend four different schools in Texas. Authorities are presently monitoring those children for possible signs of Ebola.

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