--- title: Ebola: New Patient From Sierra Leone to Receive Treatment in U.S. description: A surgeon who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone is being flown to the United States for treatment to begin this weekend canonical: https://time.com/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-14T01:56:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:22.200Z article:section: Health og:title: New Ebola Patient From Sierra Leone to Receive Treatment in U.S. og:description: Will be cared for at Omaha's Nebraska Medical Center og:url: https://time.com/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35421e6fb90dfe2c/698762312dce01587f9db168/456732540.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Journalist Who Contracted Ebola In Liberia Treated At Nebraska Medical Center og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Ebola Patient From Sierra Leone to Receive Treatment in U.S. twitter:description: Will be cared for at Omaha's Nebraska Medical Center twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35421e6fb90dfe2c/698762312dce01587f9db168/456732540.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Doctor Infected With Ebola in Sierra Leone to Receive Treatment in U.S. ## Video: Contact Tracing: How To Trace The Spread of Ebola [Watch (HLS stream): Contact Tracing: How To Trace The Spread of Ebola](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EJ3m56cA.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2014-10-02. Health officials in the US are using a method known as contact tracing, to see who is at risk from Ebola._  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Nov 14, 2014 1:56 AM UTC  Nebraska Medical Center on Oct. 6, 2014 in Omaha, Nebraska. Nebraska Medical Center on Oct. 6, 2014 in Omaha, Nebraska.Eric Francis—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Nov 14, 2014 1:56 AM UTC A surgeon who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone is being flown to the United States for treatment to begin this weekend, according to a [report](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-outbreak-doctor-infected-in-sierra-leone-to-be-treated-in-omaha-nebraska/) Thursday. The unidentified doctor is originally from the West African nation but is a permanent U.S. resident, CBS News reports. The patient will be the third to be cared for at Omaha’s Nebraska Medical Center, which earlier had successfully treated American aid worker Dr. Rick Sacra and video journalist Ashoka Mukpo. News of the patient’s upcoming arrival comes two days after Ebola patient Craig Spencer was discharged from a New York City hospital and declared virus-free. Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea are at the heart of the largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history, with [more than 5,000 people](http://time.com/3582804/ebola-death-toll-surpasses-5000-worldwide/) dead so far, according to the World Health Organization. \[[_CBS News_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-outbreak-doctor-infected-in-sierra-leone-to-be-treated-in-omaha-nebraska/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/"},"headline":"Doctor Infected With Ebola in Sierra Leone to Receive Treatment in U.S.","datePublished":"2014-11-14T01:56:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:22.200Z","description":"Will be cared for at Omaha's Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https://time.com/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/","keywords":["ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35421e6fb90dfe2c/698762312dce01587f9db168/456732540.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35421e6fb90dfe2c/698762312dce01587f9db168/456732540.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Journalist Who Contracted Ebola In Liberia Treated At Nebraska Medical Center","caption":"US Journalist Who Contracted Ebola In Liberia Treated At Nebraska Medical Center","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/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/","name":"Doctor Infected With Ebola in Sierra Leone to Receive Treatment in U.S."}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Contact Tracing: How To Trace The Spread of Ebola","description":"Health officials in the US are using a method known as contact tracing, to see who is at risk from Ebola.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EJ3m56cA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-02T18:25:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EJ3m56cA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3584846/ebola-doctor-sierra-leone-treatment-nebraska/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```