--- description: Dr. Rick Sacra "feel[s] great" but is "extremely weak" title: Third American Ebola Patient Released From Hospital image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt539f3a11dd32fcb9/6986a575e53aba719b4d49fc/454694666.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Third American Ebola Patient Released From Hospital  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2014 4:16 PM CUT  Ali S. Khan M.D. speaks to members of the media at the University of Nebraska Medical Center about the arrival of ebola patient Rick Sacra. Ali S. Khan M.D. speaks to members of the media at the University of Nebraska Medical Center about the arrival of ebola patient Rick Sacra.Eric Francis—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2014 4:16 PM CUT The third American aid worker to have been infected with Ebola while working in West Africa has been [released from the hospital](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e9b753cf9b904ce797ccd635704f321e/nebraska-doctors-give-update-ebola-patient "undefined"), he announced Thursday. Dr. Rick Sacra said at a press conference that he “feel\[s\] great” but is “extremely weak,” the Associated Press reports. The Centers for Disease Control and Nebraska Medical Center cleared Sacra of the virus that has killed [at least 2,917 people](http://time.com/3429763/ebola-deaths/ "undefined") and infected more than 6,000 in its worst-ever outbreak. Sacra, 51, contracted the the virus while working a hospital in Liberia. An American doctor and an American aid worker were previously released after having received treatment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Another American is still receiving treatment in Atlanta. Doctors are unsure of what most successfully combatted the virus, as Sacra was treated with a number of different methods, including experimental drugs and blood transfusions (one was from Dr. [Kent Brantly](http://time.com/3270016/ebola-survivor-kent-brantly/ "undefined"), who had recovered from Ebola and is now believed to carry antibodies for the disease). “Though my crisis has reached a successful end here, unfortunately the Ebola crisis continues to burn out of control in West Africa,” Sacra said. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e9b753cf9b904ce797ccd635704f321e/nebraska-doctors-give-update-ebola-patient "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3430393/ebola-patient-released-rick-sacra/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3430393/ebola-patient-released-rick-sacra/"},"headline":"Third American Ebola Patient Released From Hospital","datePublished":"2014-09-25T16:16:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:25:09.933Z","description":"Dr. Rick Sacra \"feel[s] great\" but is \"extremely weak\"","url":"https://time.com/3430393/ebola-patient-released-rick-sacra/","keywords":["ebola","Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt539f3a11dd32fcb9/6986a575e53aba719b4d49fc/454694666.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt539f3a11dd32fcb9/6986a575e53aba719b4d49fc/454694666.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Doctors From The Nebraska Medical Center Hold News Conference On New Ebola Patient","caption":"Doctors From The Nebraska Medical Center Hold News Conference On New Ebola Patient","creditText":"Eric Francis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3430393/ebola-patient-released-rick-sacra/","name":"Third American Ebola Patient Released From Hospital"}}]}] ```