- Tổng thống Obama ôm mừng Nina Phạm xuất viện
Out of danger and straight into the arms of the President: Dallas nurse to contract Ebola is declared free of deadly virus- and gets hug from Obama in White House visit
- Nina Pham, 26, from Fort Worth, Texas, caught the Ebola virus while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, in Dallas
- Duncan died on October 8
- She was diagnosed on October 12
- Miss Pham was released from NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday after 12 days treatment
- She was transferred there last week from Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where she works
- Outside the hospital she thanked God, friends, family and 'especially' Dr Kent Brantly
- Dr Brantly 'selflessly' donated blood that was transfused to Miss Pham
- Some doctors believe the antibodies in the blood helped her fight Ebola because he had already survived the virus
Nina Pham,
the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil, thanked the prayers she
received from all over the world and a blood transfusion from Dr Kent
Brantly - the American doctor who caught the disease in Liberia - as she
was released from hospital on Friday, 12 days after being diagnosed
with the virus.
After
being released from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
in Bethesda, Maryland, and fronting a press conference, the Dallas nurse
was transported straight to the White House for a meeting with
President Obama.
The President warmly greeted the health worker with a hug.
'I feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today,' the 26-year-old told reporters at the press conference.
'I would first and foremost like to thank God, my family, and friends.
'I would especially like to thank Dr Kent Brantly for his selfless act of donating plasma to me.
'I believe in the power of prayer, because I know so many people all over the world have been praying for me.'
Officially cured: President Barack
Obama meets with Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the
White House in Washington, on Friday, October 24, 2014, straight after
the Dallas nurse was released from hospital
Hug: President Barack Obama greeted the Dallas nurse Nina Pham with a hug on Friday afternoon
Embracing Ebola: President Obama and
Nina Pham hug in the Oval Office as her mother Diana, center, and sister
Cathy Pham sit nearby
All-clear: Miss Pham tested negative for Ebola on five DNA tests before she was released from hospital Friday
Freed: Nina
Pham, the Dallas nurse infected with Ebola as she treated dying patient
Thomas Eric Duncan, speaks at a press conference after being discharged
from hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday
In the clear: Patient Nina Pham is
hugged by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, outside of National Institutes of
Health Clinical Center on Friday
Support: Nina Pham, center, with her
mother Diana Berry, right, and sister Cathy Pham, left, smiles as
members of the NIH staff outside applaud during a news conference in
Maryland on Friday
Blessed: Nina Pham told reporters she
felt 'fortunate and blessed to be standing here today' as she left the
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) hospital outside Washington D.C.
Quarantined:
Miss Pham's beloved dog, Bentley, has been placed on a 21-day
incubation following his owners Ebola diagnosis. He is due to be
released on November 1
'Although I no longer have Ebola, I know it may be a while before I have my strength back.'
Dr
Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease chief at the NIH, was sure to
reiterate at the press conference: ‘(Nina) is cured of Ebola.’
Miss
Pham was one of two nurses in Dallas who became infected with Ebola
while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of the virus October 8.
She was diagnosed on October 12, but has since tested negative to five DNA exams
Amber Vinson, the second nurse to be diagnosed with Ebola, was cleared of the virus earlier this week, her family said.
Miss
Pham received a blood transfusion from Dr Kent Brantly, who was given
the all-clear from Ebola after controversially being flown into the U.S.
from Liberia.
Those who have survived Ebola have antibodies in their blood which can help new sufferers beat the disease, doctors believe.
Pham
was transferred to the biocontainment unit of the NIH facility last week
from Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where she contracted
Ebola.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest told The New York Times that Obama requested a meeting with Miss Pham when she heard she was about to be discharged.
Earnest
told the newspaper that no extra precautions were taken by having Miss
Pham inside the Oval Office because a 'clean bill of health' is
precaution enough.
Earnest added that the President wanted to thank Miss Pham for caring for Thomas Eric Duncan.
Miss Pham was expected to leave for her home in Dallas following the White House visit.
At
the press conference today, Miss Pham said she was eager to be reunited
with her dog, Bentley, who was quarantined following his owner's
diagnosis.
Bentley will have see out a 21-day incubation, which is due to end November 1, before his properly reunited with Miss Pham.
She is expected to visit Bentley before his release.
Tragic: Nina Pham, 26, was fighting
for her life after contracting Ebola from Thomas Eric Duncan earlier
this month. She has now been declared virus free and was released from
hospital on Friday
Treatment: Nina Pham is seen here
inside Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on Thursday October 16,
2014, before being flown to the National Institutes of Health outside
Washington
Despite
wearing protective gear that included gowns, gloves, masks and face
shields while caring for Mr Duncan, Miss Pham became the first person to
contract the disease on U.S. soil.
Pham's parents live in Fort Worth, where they are part of a closely-knit, deeply-religious community of Vietnamese Catholics.
Dr
Brantly's blood donation is the third time the medic has helped an
Ebola victim. He was found to have the same blood type as previous
patient Dr Nick Sacra and NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, who is still being
treated.
Ebola survivor Dr Kent Brantly 'selflessly' provided blood for a transfusion for Nina Pham
Incredibly,
the nurse also matched with Dr Brantly and was given a transfusion of
his blood in a move that doctors believe could save her life.
Brantly is believed to have traveled to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where Pham worked, to make the donation.
Dr
Kent Brantly was flown back from Liberia to the U.S. after contracting
Ebola during his missionary work for Samaritan's Purse.
He
survived after receiving a dose of the experimental serum Z-Mapp and
round-the-clock care at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
On
September 10, Dr Brantly donated blood to a fellow doctor, Dr Rick
Sacra, who also contracted Ebola during his work in West Africa and
survived the disease.
He also offered his blood to Thomas Eric Duncan but their blood types didn't match.
Pham
was diagnosed after admitting herself to hospital when her temperature
spiked – one of the first symptoms of the deadly virus.
On
Friday the Texas Department of State Health Services acknowledged the
release of Miss Pham, who was moved to Maryland to recieve better care.
On the mend: Miss Pham, seen here in a 2010 yearbook photo from Texas Christian University, will now return home to Dallas
'I’m
happy that Nina Pham is now free of Ebola, and her health continues to
improve,' the department's commissioner, Dr. David Lakey, said in a
statement.
'Ms.
Pham’s recovery is a testament to her perseverance in the face of the
disease, the excellent care she has received and the support she had of
so many here in Texas and across the nation.
'Ms.
Pham is returning to Texas where she will continue to rest and regain
her strength, but there is nothing medically that will prevent her from
resuming a normal life.'
'Based
on all of the clinical findings and lab tests, we are completely
confident that she has cleared the virus and is of no risk to transmit
the virus to others.'
Her release came on the day when New York was still reeling from the diagnosis of its first Ebola sufferer.
Dr
Craig Spencer, a Doctors without Borders volunteer, was diagnosed as
carrying the virus on Thursday night after returning to the city from
Guinea where he had been helping sufferers for a month.
The
doctor's fever spiked to 100.3 on Thursday which caused him to alert
officials. He said he felt sluggish two days before but didn't
necessarily think it was a sign of the illness.
He enjoyed seven days in New York while carrying the disease and sparked terror across the affected areas.
The 33-year-old went on a jog near his Harlem home, ate dinner at a restaurant and even went bowling.
His
fiancee is currently quarantined in New York's Belle Vue Hospital
alongside him but is showing no signs of having caught the virus. Two
friends the couple spent time with are also in self-isolation and are
being monitored for signs of the disease.
Route: Dr Craig Spencer made several stops across New York on Wednesday night just hours before his diagnosis
TIMELINE: THE RUN-UP TO DR SPENCER'S EBOLA DIAGNOSIS
September 16:
Dr Craig Spencer flew to Guinea to treat Ebola patients as a member of
the French organization Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans
Frontiers)
October 14: Dr Spencer departed Guinea on a flight to Brussels. He reported no symptoms.
October 17: He boarded a flight to the U.S. on Brussels Airlines Flight SN0501. Reported no symptoms.
Arrived at JFK and was screened with no symptoms upon arrival.
October 21: At 7 AM, he reported fatigue and exhaustion. No fever, vomiting, diarrhea.
At around 3:00 PM, Dr Spencer visited The Meatball Shop for 40 minutes. The Meatball Shop is located at 64 Greenwich Avenue.
Around
4:30 PM, the he visited the High Line. Walked on High Line and stopped
at the Blue Bottle Coffee stand (10th Ave & W 16th St)
At around 5:30 PM, he got off the High Line at 34th Street and took the 1 train to the 145th Street station.
October 22: At around 1:00 PM, Dr Spencer went running along Riverside Drive and Westside Highway
Around
2:00 PM, he went to pick up Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm
share at 143rd St and Amsterdam Avenue (Corbin Hill Farm) and picked up a
box which he took to his apartment.
At
around 5:30 PM, Dr Spencer left for The Gutter bowling alley in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn with two friends. For his arrival at Gutter, he
took the A train at 145th Street and transferred at 14th Street and took
the L train to Bedford Avenue.
Around 8:30 PM, Dr Spencer left The Gutter. For his return trip, he used Uber as his means of transportation.
October 23:
Around 10:15AM, he first reported a fever. At this point, he called
Medecins Sans Frontieres and the New York City Health Department. He was
immediately taken to Bellevue by FDNY EMS.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2806694/First-Dallas-nurse-contract-Ebola-allowed-HOME-hospital-officially-declared-free-virus.html#ixzz3H9pIVLFa
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Tổng thống Obama ôm mừng Nina Phạm xuất viện
Thứ Bảy, 09:37 25/10/2014
(NLĐO) – Trước khi trở về với tổ ấm ở bang Texas, nữ y tá gốc Việt Nina Phạm - người vừa được chữa khỏi bệnh Ebola, đã nhận được một cái ôm từ Tổng thống Mỹ Barack Obama tại phòng Bầu Dục.
Ngay sau khi rời Viện y tế quốc gia (NIH) tại
Bethesda, bang Maryland chiều 24-10, theo giờ địa phương, nữ y tá 26
tuổi cùng một số người thân đã có buổi gặp mặt với Tổng thống Mỹ Barack Obama.
Mặc dù sức khỏe chưa hoàn toàn hồi phục, nữ y tá gốc Việt vẫn không mất đi nụ cười rạng rỡ như
những hình ảnh về cô được truyền thông thế giới đăng tải nhiều tuần
qua. Đón tiếp Nina Phạm, ông chủ Nhà Trắng không ngần ngại dành cho cô
một cái ôm và ngồi trò chuyện thân mật cùng cô.
Tại cuộc họp báo thường kỳ diễn ra cùng ngày, thư ký báo chí Nhà
Trắng Josh Earnest cho biết chính Tổng thống Obama đã quyết định đón
Nina sau khi cô xuất viện "như một cơ hội để trước hết cảm ơn vì sự đóng
góp của cô".
Trong khi đó, chia sẻ trong cuộc họp báo sau khi xuất viện, Nina Phạm
đã gửi lời cảm ơn tới tất cả những người đã chăm sóc và cầu nguyện cho
cô kể từ khi cô bị chẩn đoán nhiễm Ebola hôm 11-10.
“Tôi tin vào sức mạnh của những lời cầu nguyện, bởi
tôi biết rất nhiều người trên thế giới đã cầu nguyện cho mình. Giờ đây,
tôi cũng dành lời cầu nguyện của mình cho những nạn nhân khác” – Nina
nhấn mạnh, đồng thời không quên cảm ơn mọi người đã bảo vệ chú chó cưng
của mình, giúp chú chó bảo toàn tính mạnh, chứ không gặp bi kịch như chú
chó của nữ y tá mắc Ebola ởTây Ban Nha.
Sau khi biết tin Nina Phạm mắc bệnh hồi giữa tháng qua, hàng trăm
sinh viên và giáo viên ĐH Công giáo Texas, nơi nữ y tá gốc Việt Nina
Phạm từng học, đã tổ chức buổi lễ thắp nến cầu nguyện cho cô. Tiếp đó,
hàng ngàn nhân viên y tế khắp nước Mỹ cũng đã bày tỏ sự ủng hộ đối với
nữ y tá nhiễm virus chết người trong quá trình chữa trị cho bệnh nhân.
Những lời cầu nguyện vẫn không ngừng dành cho nữ y tá gốc Việt đáng
mến và đặc biệt dũng cảm – theo lời của Tiến sĩ Anthony Fauci, giám đốc
bệnh viện NIH – nơi Nina điều trị từ hôm 16-10. Chính ông Anthony cũng
đã dành cho Nina Phạm một cái ôm trước khi cô xuất viện.
Nạn nhân ở Mali đầu tiên nhiễm Ebola thiệt mạng
Nguồn tin từ văn phòng thủ tướng Mali cho biết nạn nhân đầu tiên
nhiễm Ebola của Mali đã thiệt mạng chiều 24-10. Đó chính là trường hợp
bé gái 2 tuổi bị nhiễm Ebola khi trở về từ Guinea mới được công bố 2
ngày trước đó. Tổ chức Y tế Thế giới (WHO) cho biết cô bé này đã tiếp
xúc với nhiều người khi du hành khắp đất nước bằng xe buýt.
Cùng ngày WHO tuyên bố hàng trăm ngàn liều vaccine Ebola sẽ được đưa đến Tây Phi vào năm 2015.
Linh San (Theo AP)
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