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American who contracted Ebola now in critical condition
http://www.livewellnebraska.com/health/american-who-contracted-ebola-now-in-critical-condition/article_bf4ea886-cc01-11e4-820c-1f791cc44f23.html
Posted: Monday, March 16, 2015 12:27 pm
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — An American health care worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in a Sierra Leone treatment unit has been downgraded to critical condition at the National Institutes of Health, doctors said Monday.
The agency said in a statement that the patient's status was changed from serious condition to critical condition, meaning the person's condition has apparently worsened. The patient is being treated at the National Institutes of Health's hospital near Washington.
The patient was flown in isolation from Sierra Leone on a chartered plane last week and arrived early Friday morning. The patient's name, age and gender have not been released.
The person is a clinician working with Partners in Health, a Boston-based nonprofit organization. The group has been treating patients in Liberia and Sierra Leone since November.
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