US Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan dies at Texas hospital

[BAK]

Juzi usiku nilikuwa nasikiliza mahojiano CNN kati ya huyo GF wake anayeishi Dallas na yuko kwenye quarantine na Anderson Cooper. Huyu dada alihoji kwanini hali ya mgonjwa imedeteriorate wakati kuna dawa iliyowaponya wazungu. Anderson akamjibu wahusika wanadai Dr wake hakuomba apewe hiyo dawa eti inatakiwa aombewe na dr wake au family members. Jana nikasikia hiyo dawa imeisha inachukua muda kutengeneza tena. Hmmmmmmm!!! Naona kama wamemkomoa kwa kuingia US huku akiwa amedanganya.

Nilikuwa nafuatilia eti walisema ile dawa imewaishia...hivyo alikuwa hapati treatment yoyote...mmnnnhhhh

Yani mpaka nikahisi labda wamefanya kumkomoa ili isije kuwa trick watayotumia wengine kama yeye kusafiri kwenda nchi kama US kupata treatment...

 

[nyumba kubwa]

Ila Liberia imetisha aisee...Mama ameshindwa kabisa uongozi...

Mi naona huyu kijana alikuwa innocent kwa sababu kila mtu anaweza kujikuta anatumia kila njia kunusuru maisha yake..

Nasikia alimpeleka ndugu yake aliyekuwa na ebola hospitali huko Liberia afu hospitali wakamrudisha na mgonjwa wake eti nafasi zimejaa...

Kosa lake ni kuficha hiyo taharifa wakati anahojiwa airport...alisema hana ndugu mgonjwa wa ebola...hata mimi ningedanganya...

Sasa Liberia eti walisema akipona wanamshitaki...serious???

Nigeria wamefanikiwa kuupoteza ugonjwa...Liberia ndio wameshindwa kabisa sababu ya huduma mbovu za afya (of course na uelewa wa wananchi)...

Juzi usiku nilikuwa nasikiliza mahojiano CNN kati ya huyo GF wake anayeishi Dallas na yuko kwenye quarantine na Anderson Cooper. Huyu dada alihoji kwanini hali ya mgonjwa imedeteriorate wakati kuna dawa iliyowaponya wazungu. Anderson akamjibu wahusika wanadai Dr wake hakuomba apewe hiyo dawa eti inatakiwa aombewe na dr wake au family members. Jana nikasikia hiyo dawa imeisha inachukua muda kutengeneza tena. Hmmmmmmm!!! Naona kama wamemkomoa kwa kuingia US huku akiwa amedanganya.

 

[Kibunango]

Hmmmmmmm!!! Naona kama wamemkomoa kwa kuingia US huku akiwa amedanganya.

Au US wamepata maelekezo toka Liberia kuwa mgonjwa alikuwa na kesi ya kujibu juu ya Afya yake... Inasikitisha sana!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nilijua tu kama jamaa angekufa basi conspiracy theories zingeanza....

Kwanza zilianza kabla hata hajafa....

Kinachofuatia sasa ni tuhuma za racism.....watch this space!

Kwamba wamemwacha afe kwa vile ni mweusi na ni Mwafrika.

 

[kui]

Nilijua tu kama jamaa angekufa basi conspiracy theories zingeanza....

Kwanza zilianza kabla hata hajafa....

Kinachofuatia sasa ni tuhuma za racism.....watch this space!

Kwamba wamemwacha afe kwa vile ni mweusi na ni Mwafrika.

Cuzzo what's your opinion?

 

[kui]

Ila Liberia imetisha aisee...Mama ameshindwa kabisa uongozi...

Mi naona huyu kijana alikuwa innocent kwa sababu kila mtu anaweza kujikuta anatumia kila njia kunusuru maisha yake..

Nasikia alimpeleka ndugu yake aliyekuwa na ebola hospitali huko Liberia afu hospitali wakamrudisha na mgonjwa wake eti nafasi zimejaa...

Kosa lake ni kuficha hiyo taharifa wakati anahojiwa airport...alisema hana ndugu mgonjwa wa ebola...hata mimi ningedanganya...

Sasa Liberia eti walisema akipona wanamshitaki...serious???

Nigeria wamefanikiwa kuupoteza ugonjwa...Liberia ndio wameshindwa kabisa sababu ya huduma mbovu za afya (of course na uelewa wa wananchi)...

I think walimpima airport as they do now kwa kila anayeondoka, na hakuwa na fever or any signs za ugonjwa

 

[nyumba kubwa]

Pamoja na kupima nasikia kuna interviews kwa nchi ambazo hali ni mbaya kama Liberia...na jamaa alidanganya...baada ya kuugua ndio ukweli ukagundulika...

Sasa ndio uone hatari tuliyonayo...vipimo vya airport haviko sahihi 100 percent...maana inawezekana at early stages hata fever mtu asiwe nayo...afu nimekumbuka nilisoma mahali kuwa kama mtu anataka kuwachiti wapimaji anameza panadol ili kushusha fever...na kama nakumbuka ndicho alichofanya au wanadhani alifanya...

Mbona dunia inakaribia mwisho...

I think walimpima airport as they do now kwa kila anayeondoka, na hakuwa na fever or any signs za ugonjwa

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Cuzzo what's your opinion?

My opinion is this whole ebola thing is very unfortunate. I want the authorities to do all they can to prevent an outbreak.

Now, in the process not every patient is going to make it and if that happens people shouldn't play the race card without having ironclad proof to back up their allegations.

After all, it's not America's obligation to find the cure for ebola.

 

[kui]

Pamoja na kupima nasikia kuna interviews kwa nchi ambazo hali ni mbaya kama Liberia...na jamaa alidanganya...baada ya kuugua ndio ukweli ukagundulika...

Sasa ndio uone hatari tuliyonayo...vipimo vya airport haviko sahihi 100 percent...maana inawezekana at early stages hata fever mtu asiwe nayo...afu nimekumbuka nilisoma mahali kuwa kama mtu anataka kuwachiti wapimaji anameza panadol ili kushusha fever...na kama nakumbuka ndicho alichofanya au wanadhani alifanya...

Mbona dunia inakaribia mwisho...

Yeah, haionyeshi signs mpaka iwe ktk booming stage!, yaani imagine waliokaa nae safari for HOURS!, halafu wanasikia hii!...
And I bet you Americans are going to cremate him, ndo hapo sasa dini iwe hairuhusu!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

And I bet you Americans are going to cremate him, ndo hapo sasa dini iwe hairuhusu!

Cremate him? Don't you think you are jumping the gun by saying that...?

Anyway, we shall see.

 

[kui]

My opinion is this whole ebola thing is very unfortunate. I want the authorities to do all they can to prevent an outbreak.

Now, in the process not every patient is going to make it and if that happens people shouldn't play the race card without having ironclad proof to back up their allegations.

After all, it's not America's obligation to find the cure for ebola.

I know it seems kinda lame to play the race card but, with all the circumstances that surrounded him when he was at the hospital! someone can be easily convinced ...
And, it's true the whole world need to step up in a plate to prevent an Ebola pandemic, the US is clearly not obliged but, (this might sound low)...the higher the bar, the more the expectations!

 

[kui]

Cremate him? Don't you think you are jumping the gun by saying that...?

Anyway, we shall see.

.... I know I'm, yea!, let's see!

 

[mtimkavu2]

This is just so sad. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Amen.
Given the circumstances, I don't see how the US will release the body to his family, it is highly likely that he will be cremated (not that i support that but it is the safety option right now).
As far as the race card. that's tough but then again I cant wrap my head around the fact that he was hospitalized for days before given any of the trial drugs!!!! why??/ Who gets to decide which life is important, which life to save and which life to let go....he was just laying in that hospital bed in vain....sad sad sad even after hearing his supposedly fiancee begged for Mr. Duncan to get the trial drugs...just sad u,askini huuu ni shiiiiida

 

[OLESAIDIMU]

The interests are not permanent, friendship either, curative measures too!!!

 

[BAK]

Yes he'll be created.

[B]CNN)[/B] -- Several Ebola patients treated in the United States have survived, but the first person ever diagnosed with the deadly virus on American soil did not.Thomas Eric Duncan died Wednesday at a Texas hospital, 10 days after he was admitted.
"Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease, Ebola. He fought courageously in this battle. Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in the unit, as well as the entire Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas community, are also grieving his passing," hospital spokesman Wendell Watson said in a statement.
Duncan's family is devastated, their pastor told reporters. And the woman he had planned to marry is haunted by "what ifs" about his care.

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One question family members have asked repeatedly: Would the outcome have been different if doctors had admitted Duncan to hospital on September 25, the first time he showed up with a fever and stomach pain?
"What if they had taken him right away? And what if they had been able to get treatment to him earlier?" Pastor George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas told reporters.
"He got sick and went to the hospital and was turned away, and that's the turning point here," the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a spokesman for the family, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
Louise Troh, Duncan's longtime partner, said through a public relations firm that she believes "a thorough examination will take place regarding all aspects of his care."
"She is not seeking to create any kinds of divisions in our community over this. She certainly, like all of us, would want to see justice done," Mason said. "She wants to see that people are treated well and treated fairly, and that includes Mr. Duncan. But this is a human drama. It's not a political drama. ... It is a drama of human grief."

Asked whether there was any difference in the care Duncan received compared to others who've been treated for the virus in America, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden said "each patient's situation is different."

One notable difference: the supply of the experimental drug used to treat Americans Dr. Kent Brantley and Nancy Writebol in August ran out.
"Unfortunately, Zmapp, which is a promising, but unproven experimental treatment for Ebola, is not available," Frieden said. "There is, as far as we understand, no more of it in the world, and while people are working hard to manufacture more, it takes a long time to develop."

Duncan lay sick in his hospital bed for nearly six days before the hospital tried a different experimental medication.

"He is a face that we associate now with Ebola. Since the start of the epidemic, 3,742 patients in West Africa have been documented to have died," Frieden said. "So we think about this and we remember what a deadly enemy Ebola is, and how important it is that we take every step possible to both protect Americans and stop the outbreak at its source in Africa."

Questions about the case

The historic case, which sent officials scrambling in the days after Duncan was admitted to the hospital, has raised questions about America's readiness to handle a possible outbreak. On Wednesday, federal officials announced new screening measures at five of the country's busiest airports to help guard against Ebola.
Community leaders, family members and medical experts have raised questions about how the Dallas hospital handled Duncan's care.
Duncan came to the United States to visit family and friends, departing Liberia on September 19, according to the CDC. Liberian authorities said he was screened for Ebola before flying.
It's unclear how he got Ebola, but witnesses have said that he had been helping victims of the virus in Liberia, and The New York Times said he'd had direct contact with an Ebola-stricken pregnant woman. Duncan answered "no" to questions about whether he'd cared for someone with the virus.
His symptoms first appeared "four to five days" after he landed in the United States, Frieden said.
Duncan went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital after 10 p.m. on September 25 and was treated for a fever, vomiting and abdominal pain -- all symptoms of Ebola -- but he was sent home with antibiotics and a pain reliever and was not screened for the virus. Family members say he told hospital staff he'd come from Liberia.

Hospital officials have defended their handling of his case, describing Duncan's treatment as "compassionate, quality care."

But they've offered different explanations of how the case was handled.
Initially, they said Duncan's condition the first time he came to the hospital "did not warrant admission" because he was "not exhibiting symptoms specific to Ebola" and details about Duncan's travel history weren't communicated to doctors. Later they said a flaw in electronic records had kept doctors from seeing his travel history. Then they said his travel history had been documented and was available to his care team.

Duncan returned to the hospital three days later and was then tested for Ebola. He was confirmed last week to have the deadly virus, becoming the first person diagnosed with Ebola on American soil.
The lag time between Duncan's hospital visits could have been "significant," said Dr. Alex Van Tulleken, an expert in tropical diseases at Fordham University in New York who is not involved in the case.

Jackson has said he thinks Duncan's financial situation may have impacted his treatment.
"I would tend to think that those who do not have insurance, those who do not have Medicaid do not have the same priorities as those who do," the civil rights leader said.

In a statement before Duncan's death, a spokeswoman for Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said Duncan was being "treated the way any other patient would have been treated, regardless of nationality or ability to pay for care."
Officials: Duncan will be cremated
Duncan will be cremated, state health officials said. A memorial service was held Wednesday evening, Mason said.

Officials, in announcing the planned cremation, cited the strict federal policies on the handling of Ebola victims. "The cremation process will kill any virus in the body so the remains can be returned to the family. No protective gear is needed to handle the remains after cremation," said a statement from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Duncan had been in critical condition after being diagnosed with the virus. People who had contact with the 42-year-old Liberian national are being monitored for symptoms.
Who was Duncan?
Some members of Duncan's family are being monitored for the virus -- their temperatures taken twice daily -- to make sure they don't have symptoms. Ebola can take 21 days to show itself. The CDC said that as of Tuesday, they had not shown any symptoms.
Several who have had contact with him were moved to a secure location Friday.
Five Dallas schoolchildren who possibly had contact with Duncan remain on the school district's homebound program during the 21-day wait, and none are showing symptoms, the district said Wednesday.
Duncan's family members are grief-stricken over his death, and afraid they could meet a similar fate, their pastor told reporters.

Because of precautions put in place over their possible exposure to Ebola, Mason told CNN's "AC360" he was forced to deliver the devastating news while standing three feet away.
"I'm used to hugging someone in a situation like that," he said.
Instead, he said, Troh fell to the floor, left to suffer alone.
"We were there together," Mason said, "but we were not able to be together."

This is just so sad. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Amen.
Given the circumstances, I don't see how the US will release the body to his family, it is highly likely that he will be cremated (not that i support that but it is the safety option right now).
As far as the race card. that's tough but then again I cant wrap my head around the fact that he was hospitalized for days before given any of the trial drugs!!!! why??/ Who gets to decide which life is important, which life to save and which life to let go....he was just laying in that hospital bed in vain....sad sad sad even after hearing his supposedly fiancee begged for Mr. Duncan to get the trial drugs...just sad u,askini huuu ni shiiiiida

 

[King’asti]

It is a sad demise. Hii inatuonesha ebola ni tatizo kubwa kuliko tunavyofikiria. Sijawahi kuviamini vile vipimo vya airport hata siku moja.

Na sie hatujiandai, tunaongea porojo tu. Kama US na control zote wameshindwa, sie waswahili si ndo vile tena?

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Na sie hatujiandai, tunaongea porojo tu. Kama US na control zote wameshindwa, sie waswahili si ndo vile tena?

Sidhani kama wameshindwa kwa sababu kuna raia watatu wa Marekani ambao ama wameshatibiwa au wanaendelea kupata tiba.

Wawili tayari walishatibiwa na kupona. Kwa hiyo kusema wameshindwa si sahihi.

Wanajitahidi kwa kadri wawezavyo licha ya kwamba huo ugonjwa ni bonge la changamoto.

 

[kui]

Cremate him? Don't you think you are jumping the gun by saying that...?

Anyway, we shall see.

Cuzzo did U see?! I told ya!, they're going to cremate his remains. They don't take chances and It would've been too much of a risk anyways, even if they ship the remains back in a sealed casket.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Cuzzo did U see?! I told ya!, they're going to cremate his remains. They don't take chances and It would've been too much of a risk anyways, even if they ship the remains back in a sealed casket.

Yup, saw it. You were on the money!

 

[kui]

This's heart wrenching!, most of the Ebola victims probably died because they were extending their hands to reach out to those who were already affected!, kama huyu kaka.