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Settlement With Ebola Patient

Mike

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Didn't this Duncan guy originally lie to the hospital about being in Liberia and his treating Ebola patients there?????
A lawyer for the family of the only Ebola patient in the United States to die says the hospital that treated him will create a foundation in his name.

Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian native, died at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Oct. 8.

Attorney Les Weisbrod said Wednesday in Dallas that the foundation in honor of Thomas Eric Duncan will assist other Ebola victims in West Africa. Weisbrod said the foundation is part of a larger settlement that will "take care" of Duncan's four children and his parents. Duncan has four children, ranging in age from 12 to 22.

According to a document released by Weisbrod, Duncan’s nephew, Josephus Weeks, will work with Texas Health Resources Foundation (THR) to fight Ebola by seeking contributions to the fund to assist those in Africa. Weeks would like a state-of-the-art advanced treatment center to be built in Liberia, in memory of his late uncle.

Weisbrod did not say how much the settlement was worth.

“We applaud THR and Presbyterian Dallas for their transparent accountability and corrections in protocols as a result of Mr. Duncan’s case,” Weisbrod said in the released statement, adding that the organizations “deserve tremendous credit for resolving this matter quickly and not forcing this family to endure years of litigation and uncertainty.”

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas did not immediately confirm Weisbrod's announcement but planned a news release later Wednesday.

Duncan's death prompted questions about his care. He initially sought treatment two days before being admitted, but was sent home with antibiotics. Ebola experts later questioned the experimental drug he was given.

Two nurses who treated Duncan were infected but ultimately recovered from the disease.

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has killed over 4,900 people this year, although there are no current cases in the United States. Medical experts say Ebola can be transmitted only through the bodily fluids of a sick person with symptoms.
 

iwannabeacowboy

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Sounds reasonable.

Wonder how many elderly people have been denied hospitalization by Obama care because they were already admitted once in a 30 day period? Shouldn't they all have the same right to sue?

Oh wait, no they had insurance and were citizens. Sorry, I forgot.

Commie bastards.
 

Brad S

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Only in wonderland? I guess I understand the expediency of settling a lawsuit, especially if you want to avoid the no justice no peace mayhem, but you don't feed stray dogs because they'll come back for more.
 

Mike

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The fiancée of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola in Dallas, has landed a deal to publish a memoir.

“I am writing this book to tell people about Eric, about our love story, about our family and about my faith that has been tested but not broken,” Louise Troh said in a statement released Thursday.

“The love of my life and the father of my son came to America to marry me,” she added. “It was supposed to be the first happy day of a new life of joy for us all. But before we could make our new family, he died a terrible death in a quarantined room.”

The memoir would “be an exclusive in-depth account of Louise Troh’s long journey from Liberia to America and the decades-long love story that was stopped short by a deadly epidemic,” the Dallas Morning News reports.

Troh’s contract with Weinstein Books was inked just one day after the hospital where her husband-to-be was treated struck a deal with his family that would “take care” of Duncan’s parents and four children financially.

The family’s lawyer, Les Weisbrod, did not discuss what the terms of the settlement would be, but said it was a “very good deal.”

Duncan on Oct. 8 became the first person to die of Ebola in the United States.

“This is a heartbreaking, emotional family story,” Harvey Weinstein said in Thursday’s statement. “Spanning continents and decades, Louise shows faith and grace through it all.”

Weinstein Books is an offshoot of The Weinstein Company.
 
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