--- description: Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly donated a unit of blood to treat the third American aid worker infected with the virus as doctors fight to... title: Ebola Survivor Gives Blood to Treat New Victim image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5fe49f96c55bbf27/6986a2e7169ab06d5427b1e1/brantly-ebola-blood.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Infectious Disease](/tag/infectious-disease/) ## Infectious Disease Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ebola Survivor Gives Blood to Treat New Victim by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2014 7:04 PM CUT  Dr. Kent Brantly an Ebola patient at Emory Hospital during a press conference announcing his release from the hospital on Aug. 21, 2014 in Atlanta. Dr. Kent Brantly an Ebola patient at Emory Hospital during a press conference announcing his release from the hospital on Aug. 21, 2014 in Atlanta.Jessica McGowan—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2014 7:04 PM CUT Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly donated a unit of blood to treat the third American aid worker infected with the virus as doctors fight to save the patient’s life, Samaritan’s Purse tells NBC News. Brantly flew to Nebraska last week to donate his blood to use to treat Dr. Rick Sacra, [Samaritan’s Purse](http://www.samaritanspurse.org/ "undefined") President and CEO Franklin Graham said. “He flew out from North Carolina to Nebraska to give a unit of blood,” Graham said in an interview with NBC News. “His blood was a perfect match.” Sacra, a volunteer who was working in Liberia for another group, SIM, is being treated at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/exclusive-ebola-survivor-kent-brantly-donates-blood-treat-rick-sacra-n201131?cid=par-time-article%5F20140911 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3329264/ebola-survivor-gives-blood-to-treat-new-victim/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3329264/ebola-survivor-gives-blood-to-treat-new-victim/"},"headline":"Ebola Survivor Gives Blood to Treat New Victim","datePublished":"2014-09-11T19:04:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:08:28.521Z","description":"Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly donated a unit of blood to treat the third American aid worker infected with the virus as doctors fight to...","url":"https://time.com/3329264/ebola-survivor-gives-blood-to-treat-new-victim/","keywords":["Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5fe49f96c55bbf27/6986a2e7169ab06d5427b1e1/brantly-ebola-blood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5fe49f96c55bbf27/6986a2e7169ab06d5427b1e1/brantly-ebola-blood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emory Hospital Releases American Aid Workers Treated For Ebola","caption":"Emory Hospital Releases American Aid Workers Treated For Ebola","creditText":"Jessica McGowan—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/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3329264/ebola-survivor-gives-blood-to-treat-new-victim/","name":"Ebola Survivor Gives Blood to Treat New Victim"}}]}] ```