US Ebola Patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, Vomited 'All Over the Place' - Witness

Two days after he was sent home from a Dallas
hospital, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola
in the U.S, now identified as Liberian national
Thomas Eric Duncan, was seen vomiting on the
ground outside an apartment complex as he was
bundled into an ambulance.
"His whole family was screaming. He got outside
and he was throwing up all over the place," an
eyewitness Mesud Osmanovic, 21, told NBC News on
Wednesday, describing the chaotic scene before
Thomas Eric Duncan was admitted to Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday.
42-year-old Liberian citizen, Thomas Duncan had
gone to the United States to visit family and
friends. The New York Times reported Thursday that
Duncan had direct contact with a pregnant woman
stricken with Ebola in Liberia on September 15, four
days before he left for the United States. Citing the
woman's parents and Duncan's neighbors in
Monrovia, Liberia, the newspaper said Duncan had
helped carry the ailing woman home after a hospital
turned her away because there wasn't enough space
in its Ebola treatment ward.
Duncan was tested "like all other passengers" at
Roberts International Airport, located about 60
kilometers (35 miles) east of the capital Monrovia.
He showed no Ebola signs such as high fever,
sweating, vomiting or weakness when tested.
Duncan boarded an SN Brussels Airlines flight. That
plane took him first to the Belgian capital, and he
then flew to the United States, where he arrived
September 20. Four, five days after his trip his Ebola
symptoms manifested. After being asked by a nurse,
Duncan did say that he'd traveled from Africa.
More than 80 people have had at least indirect
contact with Thomas Duncan. Officials said they
have identified 12 to 18 people who Duncan came
into contact with in the United States since he
became contagious. That number includes five
students who attended four different schools in the
area. Duncan's girlfriend's children were also
exposed and the children are now being monitored at
home, though none have exhibited Ebola symptoms.
According to Duncan's friend, who has spoken with
him frequently, Duncan is in pain. He is in a serious
condition. Texas health officials have also ordered
his family members who had contact with him to
stay home and not have visitors until Oct 19th to
prevent the potential spread of disease.

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