The medical crew transporting Salia, 44, had determined that his condition was stable enough for him to make the lengthy flight to Omaha, but he was very ill. As snow fell, people dressed in bright yellow protective clothing loaded Salia onto an isolation pad and then into the back of an ambulance. The private plane carrying Salia arrived at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield at 2:44 p.m. Rick Sacra and Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman who worked for NBC, were treated there and released last month. Nebraska Medical Center is one of four centers in the United States designated to treat Ebola patients. The Ministry of Health has started the first of five rounds of decontamination at the hospital. Three people who did have contact with Salia after he got sick but before he tested positive for Ebola are under quarantine at Kissy.
Kissy Hospital’s staff of approximately 91 people are home under quarantine for the next 21 days. “He did not knowingly treat any Ebola patients,” Yambasu said, however he added, many people who come into the hospitals think they have malaria or other common diseases and are not aware they are Ebola positive. However, Salia did work at other hospitals because he was in such demand as a surgeon. Kissy is not an Ebola center and Salia was not treating anyone with Ebola at Kissy, Yambasu said. The doctor quarantined himself as soon as he started feeling ill, which was around Nov. 11 as soon as staff received word Salia had tested positive for Ebola. “We are all in prayer for his wife and children.” “Scripture abounds in calling us to give thanksgiving in all situations, but sometimes it is hard,” Yambasu said. 18, for a day of mourning, with a memorial service planned for Salia the following day. CT at Nebraska Medical Center, where he had been taken on Saturday, Nov. 17 as soon as they got word that Salia had died around 4 a.m.
The bishop reported that everyone in the United Methodist office in Sierra Leone was crying and reeling from the sad news. “He was everything to us,” Yambasu said, adding Salia was one of only a very few surgeons in the country. “We never thought we would be losing one of our head doctors to Ebola.” “We are trying to come to terms with the reality of his death,” said Bishop John K. Salia, who was the chief medical officer and only surgeon at United Methodist Kissy Hospital, died after he was airlifted to the United States for treatment. The Sierra Leone United Methodist Conference is in shock over the death of Dr.
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