Newest Texas Ebola Patient to be Treated at Emory Hospital

The second nurse who contracted Ebola at a Texas hospital while treating a man who eventually died from the disease will be treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, CDC director Tom Frieden said.

Emory Hospital has a successful track record of treating patients infected with the deadly virus; American aid workers Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly were returned to the United States in early August via Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Cobb County after contracting the disease in west Africa and were released from the hospital after successful treatment in late August.

The pair were treated in a state of the art isolation ward that is physically separated from other parts of the hospital. Only a handful of medical personnel ever interacted with Brantly or Writebol during their recovery. It stands to reason that the same procedures will be enacted for the Texas nurse.

Both the nurse who is coming to Emory for treatment and a second nurse, Nina Pham, are believed to have contracted Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who contracted the virus in Liberia and died last week.

In further comments during his press conference, Frieden said that the nurse who is coming to Emory for treatment got on a plane on Monday, the day before she reported feeling symptoms.

The aircraft the woman boarded has been identified, and passengers on Frontier Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas have been asked to contact the CDC at 1 800 232-4636.

Frontier 1143 dropped the woman off in Dallas, but made several other flights that day, including a stop in Atlanta. WSB-TV has identified the flights that were carried out by the same plane.