Ebola patient reflects on time at UNMC biocontainment unit

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – This is not the first time Nebraska has been at the center of treating an infections disease.

In 2014, several Ebola patients were flown to UNMC’s biocontainment unit.

12 years ago, Ashoka Mukpo was working in Liberia as a freelance journalist with NBC. A little over a month into his assignment, a test revealed he had Ebola. Days later he was airlifted to UNMC where he received what he called world class treatment…

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