Kent Brantly, an American doctor who is being treated for Ebola in Liberia, has “taken a slight turn for the worse overnight,” according to Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian Charity based in North Carolina for which Branty is a volunteer.
Doctor Brantly is one of two Americans in Liberia ho have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus. The other is a missionary by the name of Nancy Writebol, who is also a volunteer for Samaritan’s Purse.
The good news is that there is an “experimental serum” that could potentially treat the virus, the bad news is that there is only enough serum available for one person. Doctor Brantly, who quarantined himself last week after noticing symptoms of Ebola, has offered the available serum to his coworker.
According to Samaritan’s Purse, both Brantly and Writebol remain in “stable, but grave condition”.
“However, Dr. Brantly received a unit of blood from a 14-year-old boy who had survived Ebola because of Dr. Brantly’s care,” Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, said in a statement. “The young boy and his family wanted to be able to help the doctor that saved his life.”
Samaritain’s Purse is currently in the process of evacuating all but the most essential members of its organization from West Africa to due to the outbreak of Ebola. While no one who has been infected with Ebola has landed in the United States, health officials are still concerned.
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