Texas Ebola Patient Thomas Eric Duncan Has Died

PHOTO: Thomas Eric Duncan, identified by a former employer and seen in this undated Facebook photo, is the first Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the United States.ABC News

The Ebola patient in an isolation unit in a Texas hospital, Thomas Eric Duncan, has died, officials said today.

“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 a.m.,” the hospital said in a statement.

“Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease, Ebola. He fought courageously in this battle. Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in the unit, as well as the entire Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas community, are also grieving his passing,” the statement said.  

Duncan, a Liberian man who had traveled to Texas to visit family, was the first person to contract the disease while in the U.S. and became the first person to die of the disease in the U.S.

Four health workers were brought back from West Africa where they contracted the disease and were treated and released. A fifth person, cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, is being treated at a Nebraska facility.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-ebola-patient-thomas-eric-duncan-died/story?id=26045360

12 thoughts on “Texas Ebola Patient Thomas Eric Duncan Has Died

  1. Yesterday wasn’t there an article from Israel that said he died yesterday? Sounds like 9/11 when they reported that w/7 collapsed thirty minutes before it did. Guess we can’t have the guy get better now can we. Wouldn’t be scary enough.

        1. Yea but that one doesn’t say that he died. Only that he was fighting for his life. Where is the one that says that he died a day or two before they announced in the media in the US? Did they quickly change the story?

      1. OK, I retract my last statement about Israel knowing before the US did. Maybe they didn’t. Has anyone found a link to that information as I haven’t been able to?

          1. Thanks, Henry.

            So I guess they DID change the story then. In the same link, it is changed from “was fighting for his life” to now “is fighting for his life”

            First print:

            “Thomas A. Duncan, who became ill with Ebola after arriving from West Africa in Dallas two weeks ago, succumbed to the virus today (Sunday), reportsReuters. Duncan was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on today after his condition worsened to critical, according to the director of the US Centers for Disease Control.”

            Now it states:

            “Thomas E. Duncan, who became ill with Ebola after arriving from West Africa in Dallas two weeks ago, is fighting for his life today after his condition worsened to critical, according to the director of the US Centers for Disease Control.

            The Dallas hospital that admitted him did not recognize the deadly disease at first and sent him home, only for him to return two days later by ambulance.”

          1. You know, I did not read the link I posted, I assumed it was the same one that Henry posted, which should have been the one I linked to. So yes, they did change the article. HHHMMM.
            I called the hospital Sunday evening to confirm the Israeli news article. I was put through to a media answering machine message. I did not leave a message as I wanted confirmation right then.

  2. BS…. they guy probably had the flu, so they clamped a pillow over his face until he croaked, and crowned him “Ebola death #1” to add to the hype.

    don’t go near hospitals, doctors, or anyone else in the “healthcare” business because they’re all making a good living by causing you to fall victim to their medical tyranny, and poisonous pharmaceuticals.

    Did you know that more than 90% of all doctors are Jews? And any gentiles in that crooked business better play along, or they’ll be driving taxi-cabs to pay off millions in student loans.

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