A doctor who contracted Ebola while treating gravely ill patients in Liberia is due to walk out of hospital today after recovering from the deadly disease.
Dr Kent Brantly, 33,and his colleague, aid worker Nancy Writebol, 59, have been cleared for release from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, their charity spokesman said today.
Dr Brantly would be released on Thursday but an exact time is yet to be confirmed. Details of when Mrs Writebol will be discharged from hospital will be released on Thursday.
Dr Kent Brantly, pictured working at an Ebola treatment clinic in Foya, Liberia, in June. He is due to be discharged from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Thursday
Brantly and Nancy Writebol (pictured) were flown out of the west African nation of Liberia earlier this month
It is a remarkable turn around for Dr Brantly as, according to reports, the doctor's condition had deteriorated so rapidly in Africa that doctors decided to give him experimental drug ZMapp as a last attempt to save his life.
Within an hour of getting receiving the drug, Dr Brantly's health improved but it is unclear whether it was because of the medication.
Dr Brantly initially passed himself over in order for his colleague Mrs Writebol to get some of the experimental serum.
Once he was in a stable condition, he was evacuated from the west African nation in a specially-equipped plane to the U.S.
He was pictured walking, with two medical workers for support, out of an ambulance in a fully-protective hazmat suit on August 2.
His health has gone from strength to strength at the pioneering medical center. In the statement last week, Brantly expressed gratitude for the health care professionals treating him with 'compassionate, world-class care,' adding he is 'more grateful every day to the Lord for sparing my life'.k
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