Doctor Who Recovered from Ebola Calls Outbreak a ‘Fire Straight from the Pit of Hell’

September 17, 2014

(ABC News) – The doctor who was the first U.S. Ebola patient to be treated in America testified before a congressional committee today recalling the horror and “humiliation” of a disease that has killed thousands. Dr. Kent Brantly, working on behalf of the U.S.-based missionary group Samaritan’s Purse, was treating patients in Monrovia, Liberia, when he became infected with the Ebola virus in July. Brantly was evacuated to Emory University Hospital, where he was treated and eventually recovered. The Ebola outbreak continues to grow throughout West Africa with an estimated 2,461 deaths attributed to the virus and thousands more infected.