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Phoenix Air leaving tonight for Dakar
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Tina <s>@</s>secret123ind <small class="time"> 2m2 minutes ago </small> Surgeon infected with <s>#</s>ebola being flown to <s>#</s>omaha <s>#</s>Nebraska from <s>#</s>SierraLeone -
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Mark Day <s>@</s>1310NewsDay <small class="time"> 1m1 minute ago </small> 3rd <s>#</s>Ebola patient, a doctor and permanent US resident working in <s>#</s>SierraLeone Arrives in <s>#</s>Nebraska Saturday, contracted virus on Nov. 10.Comment
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Nebraska hospital prepares for new Ebola patient
From Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent
updated 7:31 PM EST, Thu November 13, 2014
(CNN) -- A surgeon who's a Sierra Leone national and a legal permanent resident of the United States will be transported from Sierra Leone to the Nebraska Medical Center for treatment for Ebola, a government official familiar with the situation said.
The doctor is expected to arrive this weekend, most likely Saturday, the official said.
The official said it's not known whether the doctor was working in an Ebola treatment unit or some other type of hospital. The surgeon is married to a U.S. citizen and has children, the official said.
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Perhaps related to this case:
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Another Sierra Leonean Doctor Infected With Ebola
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone ? Nov 11, 2014, 4:20 PM ET
...Dr. Martin Salia, a specialist surgeon at a major hospital in the capital of Freetown
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Despite Reports, Hospital Reps Say Third Ebola Patient Is Not Imminent
Despite media reports claiming otherwise, Nebraska Medicine representatives issued a press release indicating that the hospital is not currently expecting to receive and treat a third Ebola patient.
"As with previous patients we?ve treated here in recent months, per State Department regulations, we would only have confirmation when a plane is en route with a patient aboard," said the hospital in a statement. "This is not the case right now."
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