Ebola Survivor Donates Plasma To Sick Dallas Nurse
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Dallas nurse, Nina Pham, who has Ebola was given plasma to fight the virus taken from the blood of a doctor who beat the disease.
The Rev. Jim Khoi, pastor of the Fort Worth church attended by Pham's family, said she received a transfusion of plasma containing Ebola-fighting antibodies Monday afternoon.
Samaritan's Purse confirmed the plasma came from Dr. Kent Brantly, the Texas doctor who survived Ebola. Brantly contracted Ebola while working with the nonprofit medical mission group in Liberia.
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Samaritan's Purse spokesman Jeremy Blume says Brantly traveled to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas Sunday to donate the plasma.
Brantly said in a recent speech that he also offered his blood to Thomas Eric Duncan, but that their blood types didn't match. Duncan died of Ebola on Wednesday.
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