American First Diagonized Ebola Patient Thomas Duncan Is dead!

The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan, reportedly died on Wednesday morning, according to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas where he was being treated.

Information revealed Duncan had been on a ventilator and on dialysis for failing kidneys, health officials said earlier.

In a Wednesday statement, the Texas Department of State Health Services said it would follow federal guidelines in handling Duncan's remains. "We will continue to treat Mr. Duncan with dignity and respect, and we're taking great care to make sure there is no additional risk that others could be infected," health commissioner David Lakey said.

News say that Duncan received an experimental medicine nearly a week after being admitted into a hospital — a far longer wait than experienced by four other Ebola patients treated in the U.S. 

The others are however Americans; Duncan is a Liberian.

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