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 The surgeon was born in Sierra Leone but is a U.S. resident, CBS
reported.
University of Nebraska Medical Center officials declined to confirm
the report but said in a statement that a patient who contracted the
disease in Sierra Leone was being evaluated for possible treatment
at the hospital.
"He will be evaluated by the medical crew on the Phoenix Air jet
upon their arrival in Sierra Leone," the hospital said. "The members
of the crew will determine whether the patient is stable enough for
transport - if he is, he would arrive in Omaha sometime Saturday
afternoon."
The medical center said staff there had been in a "state of
readiness" to treat Ebola patients since a visit by the U.S. State
Department in early August.
(Reporting by Sandra Maler and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Peter
Cooney)
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