Family of Dallas Ebola Patient Who Died Upset Over Unfair Treatment
Published October 8, 2014
The family of the first person to die of in the U.S. is upset with the
patients medical care, & called his treatment unfair.
Thomas Eric Duncan, who is from Liberia, died today after being infected
with the Ebola virus. He had been in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital in Dallas, since his diagnosis on Sept. 28.
Duncans nephew Joe Weeks told ABC News he felt Duncan had unfair medical
treatment. Weeks suggested that Duncan did not obtain the same treatment
being given to Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo in a Nebraska hospital, although
he did not detail that alleged difference.
He said the family questioned why Duncan was not moved to Emory University
Hospital, where two American health workers were successfully treated after
becoming infected with Ebola .
No one has died of Ebola in the U.S. before. This is the first time, Weeks
told ABC News. We need all the assist we can get.
Weeks said hospital officials told the family they had all the experience
needed to treat Duncan.
Weeks moreover said the family was frustrated that Duncan was not given
donated blood from Ebola survivors. Weeks said hospital officials told the
family that the blood wasnt a match.
Two other Ebola patients being treated in the U.S. were given donated blood
from Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly, in the hopes that Ebola antibodies can
be passed on from the donor to the patient.
There is no confirmed treatment for Ebola & blood donation from Ebola
survivors is one approach recommended by the .
Although Weeks told ABC News he was unhappy with medical treatment, other
relatives thanked the local community for their support.
Louise Troh, the mother of Duncans teenage son & the woman referred to as
his wife by family members, released a statement thanking Dallas & local
community leaders for their assist during this ordeal.
Without their help, I cant imagine how we could have endured, wrote Troh.
But Troh moreover said the trusts that a thorough examination will take
place into Duncans care.
Trohs son with Duncan, Karsiah Duncan, 19, had been hoping to see his
father, yet was unable to see him in the isolation ward before he died.
Calls & emails to the hospital were not immediately answered.
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