Doctor gives blood for Ebola-infected Dallas nurse

A Dallas nurse who caught Ebola while treating a Liberian patient who died of the disease has received a plasma transfusion donated by a doctor who beat the virus. Nurse Nina Pham was among about 70 staff members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan. The 26-year-old nurse was in his room often, from the day he was placed in intensive care until the day before he died. She became the first person to contract the disease within the U.S. Duncan died on Wednesday.

Her mom says that she got the blood from the gentleman, a very good guy. I don’t know his name but he’s very devoted and a very good guy from somewhere.

Father Jim Khoi, of the Our Lady of Fatima Church

Jeremy Blume, a spokesman for the nonprofit medical mission group Samaritan’s Purse, confirmed that the plasma donation came from Kent Brantly, the first American to return to the U.S. from Liberia to be treated for Ebola. Brantly received an experimental treatment and fought off the virus, and has donated blood for transfusions for three others, including Pham. Brantly said in a recent speech that he also offered his blood for Duncan, but that their blood types didn’t match.

He’s a doctor. That’s what he’s there to do. That’s his heart.

Jeremy Blume, a spokesman for Samaritan’s Purse

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