The U.S. doctor being treated for Ebola at the Nebraska Medical Center has died, according to reports.
{mosads}Dr. Martin Salia, a resident of Maryland, had been in “extremely critical” condition since arriving Saturday from Sierra Leone, where he was born.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of Dr. Martin Salia, who succumbed this morning to Ebola at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, despite the heroic efforts of that institution’s incredibly talented team,” the White House wrote in a statement Monday.
“Dr. Salia’s passing is another reminder of the human toll of this disease and of the continued imperative to tackle this epidemic on the frontlines, where Dr. Salia was engaged in his calling,” the statement reads.
Salia was the 10th person to be treated for Ebola in the U.S. and the second who has died. Two others were successfully treated at the Omaha hospital.
Doctors had warned that he was in worse condition than other patients who were flown from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa. Like other patients in the U.S., he had received the experimental drug Z-Mapp and convalescent plasma therapy.
Salia had been treated in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he initially tested negative for the disease, according to The Washington Post. His doctors warned that the delay might have been a deadly mistake.
–This report was updated at 11:40 a.m.