{"id":10344,"date":"2014-10-08T11:46:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=10344"},"modified":"2014-10-08T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:55:09","slug":"ebola-patient-ashoka-mukpo-receive-blood-transfusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2014\/10\/ebola-patient-ashoka-mukpo-receive-blood-transfusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola Patient Ashoka Mukpo To Receive Blood Transfusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo is to receive a blood transfusion from previous Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly the University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced.<\/p>\n<p>In an incredible stroke of luck, Brantly is of the same blood type as Mukpo and was traveling in the Omaha area when contacted about donating blood. Brantly&#8217;s serum contains antibodies against the Ebola virus that physicians think might be helpful in fighting Mukpo&#8217;s infection.<\/p>\n<p>Mukpo is also receiving supportive care and receiving an experimental antiviral drug from Chimerix.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second blood donation Dr. Brantly has provided. His convalescent serum was given to Ebola patient Dr. Richard Sacra.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sacra was discharged from the hospital several weeks ago without suffering the end stage disease such as cardiac, kidney, or liver failure.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Angela Hewlett of the Biocontainment Unit at the Nebraska Medical Center expressed thanks to Dr. Brantly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are incredibly grateful that Dr. Brantly would take the time to do this, no once, but twice.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo is to receive a blood transfusion from previous Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly the University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced. 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