Surviving Ebola | Dr. Kent Brantly, part III

15/02/2019 35 min
Surviving Ebola | Dr. Kent Brantly, part III

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Episode Synopsis

"It is a sacred profession..."
-Dr. Kent Brantly

In final episode of this three-part series, Dr. Kent Brantly talks about his the complex and long journey of recovery from the Ebola virus, and how the disease has changed him. Brantly contracted Ebola while in Liberia and was the first American to be medically evacuated to the United States. He received treatment at Emory University in Atlanta where he recovered from the illness. Dr. Brantly concludes with advice for those practicing and learning to practice medicine.

For more about Dr. Brantly:
www.samaritanspurse.org/article/as-ne…re-good-news/

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