American doctor with Ebola ss 'Grateful' following release from hospital

A third Ebola patient treated in America after being placed in isolation at a bio-containment unit at the Nebraska Medical Center since early September was released from the hospital today.

Dr. Richard Sacra, 51, underwent treatment after contracting the deadly virus while treating patients in Liberia.

An upbeat, but gaunt Sacra, a family physician from Massachusetts, was joined by his wife and doctors as he addressed reporters for the first time.

"The CDC has declared me safe and free of virus, thank God, I love you all!” said Sacra.

He also thanked his family and the medical teams who treated him in both Liberia and at the Nebraska Medical Center.

“I am so grateful. You all have made me feel so welcome here. I’m an official lifetime Husker fan,” Sacra said, citing the University of Nebraska’s mascot.

The 51-year-old physician also recognized Dr. Kent Brantly, the first Ebola patient treated in the U.S., who traveled to Nebraska to donate plasma in the hopes that antibodies in his blood could help Sacra fight off the Ebola infection.

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