Health Shocker: Doctor treating Ebola diagnosed of that deadly virus

North Carolina, July 27: Shockingly, an American doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, an aid organization said Saturday.

In a release issued by North Carolina-based Samaritan's Purse, it is mentioned that Dr. Kent Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Brantly is the medical director for the aid organization's case management center in the city.

The highly contagious virus is one of the most deadly diseases in the world. Brantly was quoted in a posting on the organization's website earlier this year about efforts to maintain an isolation ward for patients.

"The hospital is taking great effort to be prepared," Brantly said. "In past Ebola outbreaks, many of the casualties have been healthcare workers who contracted the disease through their work caring for infected individuals."

Brantly, 33, has been working with Samaritan's Purse in Liberia since October 2013 as part of the charity's post-residency program for doctors, said the group's spokeswoman Melissa Strickland.

The deadly disease has killed at least 672 in several African countries since the outbreak began earlier this year.

With agency inputs,

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