"It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must
inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51
a.m.," the hospital said in a statement.
"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," the statement said.
Duncan, a Liberian
man who had traveled to Texas to visit family, was the first person to
be diagnosed with the disease while in the U.S. and became the first
person to die of the disease in the U.S.
Louise Troh, the mother of Duncan's teenage son and the woman referred
to as his wife by family members, released a statement thanking local
community and medical officials for their help treating Duncan.
"My family is in deep sadness and grief, but we leave him in the hands
of God," wrote Troh. "I am now dealing with the sorrow and anger that
his son was not able to see him before he died. This will take some
time, but in the end, I believe in a merciful God."
Duncan’s son, Karsiah Duncan, 19, told reporters Tuesday he was praying
for his father’s recovery. Karsiah Duncan had not seen his father since
he was 3, when he and his mother Louise Troh left Liberia, according to
ABC News affiliate WFAA-TV in Dallas.
Troh and three other people are still in quarantine after they were exposed to Duncan while he had symptoms of Ebola.
Duncan's daughter, Youngor Jallah, was distraught after learning of her father's death.
“I am not okay and I don’t know what to do,” she told ABC News through tears.
Duncan was admitted to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas
on Sept. 28. He initially went to the hospital's emergency room with
symptoms on Sept. 26. He returned in an ambulance two days later and had
been in an isolation unit since then.
On Saturday Duncan’s condition was downgraded from serious to critical,
as doctors worked to save his life. Hospital officials confirmed Tuesday
he was on a respirator and receiving kidney dialysis.
Duncan was the first person to be given the experimental drug brincidofovir.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings spoke at a city council meeting soon after Duncan's death was announced.
"This hurts deeply," said Rawlings. " We were hoping this was not going to happen.”
Rawlings also stressed that health teams had taken steps to stop the spread of the Ebola virus in Dallas.
“We will stop the Ebola virus in its tracts from spreading into our
community," said Rawlings. “I want to reinforce to the public, that this
was an isolated incident of the Ebola virus; contracted by the
individual while residing in another country.”
Judge Clay Jenkins, who helped move Duncan’s relatives from a cramped
apartment to a donated house, said in a statement his “thoughts are with
the family and friends."
source:http://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-ebola-patient-thomas-eric-duncan-died/story?id=26045360
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